diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/state-manager/pathManager.ts b/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/state-manager/pathManager.ts
index fccdcea3826..648d4291fce 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/state-manager/pathManager.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli-core/src/state-manager/pathManager.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,11 @@ export class PathManager {
 
   private createNotInitializedError = (): Error => {
     const error = new Error(
-      "You are not working inside a valid Amplify project.\nUse 'amplify init' in the root of your app directory to initialize your project, or 'amplify pull' to pull down an existing project.",
+      `
+      No Amplify backend project files detected within this folder. Either initialize a new Amplify project or pull an existing project.
+      - "amplify init" to initialize a new Amplify project
+      - "amplify pull <app-id>" to pull your existing Amplify project. Find the <app-id> in the AWS Console or Amplify Admin UI.
+      `,
     );
 
     error.name = 'NotInitialized';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/get-project-meta.ts b/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/get-project-meta.ts
index 297cced25d2..cdf05cd73cf 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/get-project-meta.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/get-project-meta.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ import { stateManager } from 'amplify-cli-core';
 export function getProjectMeta() {
   if (!stateManager.metaFileExists()) {
     const error = new Error(
-      "You are not working inside a valid Amplify project.\nUse 'amplify init' in the root of your app directory to initialize your project, or 'amplify pull' to pull down an existing project.",
+      `
+      No Amplify backend project files detected within this folder. Either initialize a new Amplify project or pull an existing project.
+      - "amplify init" to initialize a new Amplify project
+      - "amplify pull <app-id>" to pull your existing Amplify project. Find the <app-id> in the AWS Console or Amplify Admin UI.
+      `,
     );
 
     error.name = 'NotInitialized';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/path-manager.ts b/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/path-manager.ts
index 3635eac3592..b80ed2d290f 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/path-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/path-manager.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,11 @@ export function getCurrentAmplifyMetaFilePath(projectPath?) {
 
 function createNotInitializedError() {
   const error = new Error(
-    "You are not working inside a valid Amplify project.\nUse 'amplify init' in the root of your app directory to initialize your project, or 'amplify pull' to pull down an existing project.",
+    `
+      No Amplify backend project files detected within this folder. Either initialize a new Amplify project or pull an existing project.
+      - "amplify init" to initialize a new Amplify project
+      - "amplify pull <app-id>" to pull your existing Amplify project. Find the <app-id> in the AWS Console or Amplify Admin UI.
+      `,
   );
 
   error.name = 'NotInitialized';
diff --git a/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/resource-status.ts b/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/resource-status.ts
index 4a7c71ca6db..88f165a8a46 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/resource-status.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-cli/src/extensions/amplify-helpers/resource-status.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,11 @@ export async function getResourceStatus(category?, resourceName?, providerName?,
     amplifyMeta = stateManager.getBackendConfig();
   } else {
     const error = new Error(
-      "You are not working inside a valid Amplify project.\nUse 'amplify init' in the root of your app directory to initialize your project, or 'amplify pull' to pull down an existing project.",
+      `
+      No Amplify backend project files detected within this folder. Either initialize a new Amplify project or pull an existing project.
+      - "amplify init" to initialize a new Amplify project
+      - "amplify pull <app-id>" to pull your existing Amplify project. Find the <app-id> in the AWS Console or Amplify Admin UI.
+      `,
     );
 
     error.name = 'NotInitialized';