diff --git a/manifest.go b/manifest.go
index 74a64da273..f63b67a490 100644
--- a/manifest.go
+++ b/manifest.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func ValidateProjectRoots(c *Ctx, m *Manifest, sm gps.SourceManager) error {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not deduce project root for %s", pr)
 		}
 		if origPR != pr {
-			c.Err.Printf("dep: WARNING: name %q in Gopkg.toml should be project root", pr)
+			c.Err.Printf("dep: WARNING: the name for %q in Gopkg.toml should be changed to %q", pr, origPR)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/manifest_test.go b/manifest_test.go
index f206db8b82..227f511558 100644
--- a/manifest_test.go
+++ b/manifest_test.go
@@ -426,9 +426,9 @@ func TestValidateProjectRoots(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantError: false,
 			wantWarn: []string{
-				"name \"github.com/golang/dep/foo\" in Gopkg.toml should be project root",
-				"name \"github.com/golang/mock/bar\" in Gopkg.toml should be project root",
-				"name \"github.com/golang/go/xyz\" in Gopkg.toml should be project root",
+				"the name for \"github.com/golang/dep/foo\" in Gopkg.toml should be changed to \"github.com/golang/dep\"",
+				"the name for \"github.com/golang/mock/bar\" in Gopkg.toml should be changed to \"github.com/golang/mock\"",
+				"the name for \"github.com/golang/go/xyz\" in Gopkg.toml should be changed to \"github.com/golang/go\"",
 			},
 		},
 		{