diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 986439f8..ca2d29a7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-08-02 08:54 Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
+
+	* GormPalettesManager.m: Clarified error message when
+	unable to load palettes.
+	
 2004-08-02 00:54 Gregory John Casamento <greg_casamento@yahoo.com>
 
 	* GormPrefController.m: Center the window the prefs appear
diff --git a/GormPalettesManager.m b/GormPalettesManager.m
index 510c81cd..e295ace4 100644
--- a/GormPalettesManager.m
+++ b/GormPalettesManager.m
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static NSImage	*dragImage = nil;
   paletteInfo = [[NSString stringWithContentsOfFile: path] propertyList];
   if (paletteInfo == nil)
     {
-      NSRunAlertPanel(NULL, _(@"Failed to load 'palette.table', you may need to update GNUstep-make."),
+      NSRunAlertPanel(NULL, _(@"Failed to load 'palette.table', you may need to update GNUstep-make and do a clean build of Gorm and it's palettes."),
 		      _(@"OK"), NULL, NULL);
       return;
     }