diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index ea306ee857..d5aa8f2dd0 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ func verifyPlatformContainerSettings(daemon *Daemon, hostConfig *containertypes.
 	// check for various conflicting options with user namespaces
 	if daemon.configStore.RemappedRoot != "" && hostConfig.UsernsMode.IsPrivate() {
 		if hostConfig.Privileged {
-			return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Privileged mode is incompatible with user namespaces")
+			return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Privileged mode is incompatible with user namespaces.  You must run the container in the host namespace when running privileged mode.")
 		}
 		if hostConfig.NetworkMode.IsHost() && !hostConfig.UsernsMode.IsHost() {
 			return warnings, fmt.Errorf("Cannot share the host's network namespace when user namespaces are enabled")