diff --git a/src/tool_helpers.c b/src/tool_helpers.c
index e264ac795c..5661ac9d91 100644
--- a/src/tool_helpers.c
+++ b/src/tool_helpers.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void customrequest_helper(struct OperationConfig *config, HttpReq req,
   }
   else if(curl_strequal(method, "head")) {
     warnf(config->global,
-          "Setting custom HTTP method to HEAD may not work the way you "
-          "want.\n");
+          "Setting custom HTTP method to HEAD with -X/--request may not work "
+          "the way you want. Consider using -I/--head instead.\n");
   }
 }