diff --git a/contrib/gcc-changelog/git_commit.py b/contrib/gcc-changelog/git_commit.py
index 4958ab9c1595e8f632a7a6b72a13ca179c1d4d80..bd8c1ff7af227e0f37db5e6b3077b638998da4ba 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc-changelog/git_commit.py
+++ b/contrib/gcc-changelog/git_commit.py
@@ -326,9 +326,11 @@ class GitCommit:
             # All modified files are only MISC files
             return
         elif project_files:
-            self.errors.append(Error('ChangeLog, DATESTAMP, BASE-VER and '
-                                     'DEV-PHASE updates should be done '
-                                     'separately from normal commits'))
+            err = 'ChangeLog, DATESTAMP, BASE-VER and DEV-PHASE updates ' \
+                  'should be done separately from normal commits\n' \
+                  '(note: ChangeLog entries will be automatically ' \
+                  'added by a cron job)'
+            self.errors.append(Error(err))
             return
 
         all_are_ignored = (len(project_files) + len(ignored_files)
diff --git a/contrib/gcc-changelog/test_email.py b/contrib/gcc-changelog/test_email.py
index 7472762e66da1e08e82bbc04649c22835d20ed17..6d6596370c4bc5156ff7a1c0131abdc1fe0b6945 100755
--- a/contrib/gcc-changelog/test_email.py
+++ b/contrib/gcc-changelog/test_email.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ class TestGccChangelog(unittest.TestCase):
         email = self.from_patch_glob('0001-Add-patch_are')
         msg = 'ChangeLog, DATESTAMP, BASE-VER and DEV-PHASE updates should ' \
               'be done separately from normal commits'
-        assert email.errors[0].message == msg
+        assert email.errors[0].message.startswith(msg)
 
     def test_strict_mode_normal_patch(self):
         email = self.get_git_email('0001-Just-test-it.patch')