Improve error message.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bundle-plugin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/plugin/mojo/GenerateOsgiManifestMojo.java b/bundle-plugin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/plugin/mojo/GenerateOsgiManifestMojo.java
index 26010e4974d..bec55ec0fc9 100644
--- a/bundle-plugin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/plugin/mojo/GenerateOsgiManifestMojo.java
+++ b/bundle-plugin/src/main/java/com/yahoo/container/plugin/mojo/GenerateOsgiManifestMojo.java
@@ -259,8 +259,9 @@ public class GenerateOsgiManifestMojo extends AbstractGenerateOsgiManifestMojo {
                 .sorted().toList();
 
         if (! violations.isEmpty()) {
-            // TODO: improve error message
-            warnOrThrow("Artifacts provided from Jdisc runtime are included in compile scope: " + violations);
+            warnOrThrow("Artifacts provided from Jdisc runtime are included in compile scope: " + violations
+                                + ". Direct dependencies should be removed."
+                                + " For transitive dependencies, run 'mvn dependency:tree' and add necessary exclusions.");
         }
     }