diff -r 6a854f558926 -r 7394536338bb mercurial/exchange.py
--- a/mercurial/exchange.py	Wed Oct 14 10:03:26 2015 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/exchange.py	Tue Oct 13 12:41:32 2015 -0700
@@ -1637,8 +1637,10 @@
         repo.ui.warn(_('falling back to normal clone\n'))
     else:
         raise error.Abort(_('error applying bundle'),
-                          hint=_('consider contacting the server '
-                                 'operator if this error persists'))
+                          hint=_('if this error persists, consider contacting '
+                                 'the server operator or disable clone '
+                                 'bundles via '
+                                 '"--config experimental.clonebundles=false"'))
 
 def parseclonebundlesmanifest(repo, s):
     """Parses the raw text of a clone bundles manifest.