@@ -162,6 +162,12 @@ displayUserError e = case e of
162162 , para "Note: tagged versions must be in one of the following forms:"
163163 , indented (para "* v{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH} (example: \"v1.6.2\")")
164164 , indented (para "* {MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH} (example: \"1.6.2\")")
165+ , spacer
166+ , para (concat
167+ [ "If the version you are publishing is not yet tagged, you might want to use"
168+ , "the --dry-run flag instead, which removes this requirement. Run"
169+ , "psc-publish --help for more details."
170+ ])
165171 ]
166172 AmbiguousVersions vs ->
167173 vcat $