From b4739cc7e7d6b3484862be6ddabe86ac97cf7e72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Stretch <jstretch@netboxlabs.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 10:35:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Tweak error message

---
 netbox/core/models/data.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/core/models/data.py b/netbox/core/models/data.py
index 54f50046b..87ca909c2 100644
--- a/netbox/core/models/data.py
+++ b/netbox/core/models/data.py
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ class DataSource(JobsMixin, PrimaryModel):
         try:
             backend = self.get_backend()
         except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
-            raise SyncError(f"There was an error initializing the backend: {e}")
+            raise SyncError(
+                f"There was an error initializing the backend. A dependency needs to be installed: {e}"
+            )
         with backend.fetch() as local_path:
 
             logger.debug(f'Syncing files from source root {local_path}')