diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
index 47ec0a9b4..bbeab4667 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vimeo.py
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ class VimeoIE(VimeoBaseInfoExtractor):
                     raise ExtractorError(
                         'Cannot download embed-only video without embedding '
                         'URL. Please call youtube-dl with the URL of the page '
-                        'that embeds this video.',
+                        'that embeds this video, or supply it with the --referer option.',
                         expected=True)
             raise