diff --git a/.github/workflows/filterDuplicates.js b/.github/workflows/filterDuplicates.js
index 2bb9d440cb5..148c8cf0ac0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/filterDuplicates.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/filterDuplicates.js
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ async function run() {
     console.log('%s duplicates found', filteredDuplicates.length)
     if (filteredDuplicates.length > 0) {
         console.log(formatDuplicates(filteredDuplicates, commitHash, repoName))
+        console.log(
+            '* Hint: if these duplicates appear unrelated to the changes, rebase onto or merge in the latest target branch.'
+        )
         process.exit(1)
     }
 }