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-rw-r--r--pkg/systemd/generate/containers.go2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/generate/containers.go b/pkg/systemd/generate/containers.go
index 931f13972..188926115 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/generate/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/generate/containers.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func generateContainerInfo(ctr *libpod.Container, options entities.GenerateSyste
if config.CreateCommand != nil {
createCommand = config.CreateCommand
} else if options.New {
- return nil, errors.Errorf("cannot use --new on container %q: no create command found", ctr.ID())
+ return nil, errors.Errorf("cannot use --new on container %q: no create command found: only works on containers created directly with podman but not via REST API", ctr.ID())
}
nameOrID, serviceName := containerServiceName(ctr, options)