diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index bf84ef7..dd06523 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -6937,7 +6937,7 @@ print_machine_data()
 		fi
 		IFS="$ORIGINAL_IFS"
 	else
-		system_line="${C2}No /sys machine data. Try newer kernel, or install dmidecode.${CN}"
+		system_line="${C2}No /sys/class/dmi machine data. Try newer kernel, or install dmidecode.${CN}"
 	fi
 	# patch to dump all of above if dmidecode was data source and non root user
 	if [[ ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-non-root-user' || ${A_MACHINE_DATA[0]} == 'dmidecode-no-smbios-dmi-data' ]];then