diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
index c1fb25b12..5feca47ea 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func GetOCIAttestations(c FetchAttestationsConfig) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch OCI attestations: %w", err)
 	}
 	if len(attestations) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no OCI attestations found")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no attestations found in the OCI registry. Retry the command without the --bundle-from-oci flag to check GitHub for the attestation")
 	}
 	return attestations, nil
 }