diff --git a/modules/home-manager/sops.nix b/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
index 141f3a7..a063bc6 100644
--- a/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
+++ b/modules/home-manager/sops.nix
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ in {
   config = lib.mkIf (cfg.secrets != {}) {
     assertions = [{
       assertion = cfg.gnupg.home != null || cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [] || cfg.age.keyFile != null || cfg.age.sshKeyPaths != [];
-      message = "No key source configurated for sops";
+      message = "No key source configured for sops. Either set services.openssh.enable or set sops.age.keyFile or sops.gnupg.home";
     } {
       assertion = !(cfg.gnupg.home != null && cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != []);
       message = "Exactly one of sops.gnupg.home and sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths must be set";
diff --git a/modules/sops/default.nix b/modules/sops/default.nix
index 7d9cf06..a3f1c96 100644
--- a/modules/sops/default.nix
+++ b/modules/sops/default.nix
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ in {
     (mkIf (cfg.secrets != {}) {
       assertions = [{
         assertion = cfg.gnupg.home != null || cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != [] || cfg.age.keyFile != null || cfg.age.sshKeyPaths != [];
-        message = "No key source configurated for sops";
+        message = "No key source configured for sops. Either set services.openssh.enable or set sops.age.keyFile or sops.gnupg.home";
       } {
         assertion = !(cfg.gnupg.home != null && cfg.gnupg.sshKeyPaths != []);
         message = "Exactly one of sops.gnupg.home and sops.gnupg.sshKeyPaths must be set";