diff --git a/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala b/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
index 75614a41e0b62..698fc2ce8bf9d 100644
--- a/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/yarn/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/yarn/Client.scala
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ private[spark] class Client(
     if (amMem > maxMem) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Required AM memory ($amMemory" +
         s"+$amMemoryOverhead MB) is above the max threshold ($maxMem MB) of this cluster! " +
-        "Please increase the value of 'yarn.scheduler.maximum-allocation-mb'.")
+        "Please check the values of 'yarn.scheduler.maximum-allocation-mb' and/or " +
+        "'yarn.nodemanager.resource.memory-mb'.")
     }
     logInfo("Will allocate AM container, with %d MB memory including %d MB overhead".format(
       amMem,