diff --git a/scripts/config.pl b/scripts/config.pl
index a303d2f..c836b37 100755
--- a/scripts/config.pl
+++ b/scripts/config.pl
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 my $py = $0;
 $py =~ s/\.pl$/.py/ or die "Unable to determine the name of the Python script";
 exec 'python3', $py, @ARGV;
-print STDERR "$0: python3: $!\n";
+print STDERR "$0: python3: $!. Trying python instead.\n";
 exec 'python', $py, @ARGV;
 print STDERR "$0: python: $!\n";
 exit 127;