diff --git a/generate/config.go b/generate/config.go
index 5aa11ca..f23e668 100644
--- a/generate/config.go
+++ b/generate/config.go
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ func initConfig(filename string) error {
 	}
 	w, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o644)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errorf(nil, "unable to write default genqlient.yaml: %v", err)
 	}
 	_, err = io.Copy(w, r)
-	return err
+	return errorf(nil, "unable to write default genqlient.yaml: %v", err)
 }
diff --git a/generate/generate.go b/generate/generate.go
index 5ca4ace..ecf2722 100644
--- a/generate/generate.go
+++ b/generate/generate.go
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ func Generate(config *Config) (map[string][]byte, error) {
 	// way.  (As-is, we generate a broken file, with just (unused) imports.)
 	if len(document.Operations) == 0 {
 		// Hard to have a position when there are no operations :(
-		return nil, errorf(nil, "no queries found, looked in: %v",
+		return nil, errorf(nil,
+			"no queries found, looked in: %v (configure this in genqlient.yaml)",
 			strings.Join(config.Operations, ", "))
 	}
 
diff --git a/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-go b/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-go
index 31df7bf..8527255 100644
--- a/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-go
+++ b/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-go
@@ -1 +1 @@
-no queries found, looked in: testdata/errors/NoQuery.go
+no queries found, looked in: testdata/errors/NoQuery.go (configure this in genqlient.yaml)
diff --git a/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-graphql b/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-graphql
index fe31004..45b85de 100644
--- a/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-graphql
+++ b/generate/testdata/snapshots/TestGenerateErrors-NoQuery-graphql
@@ -1 +1 @@
-no queries found, looked in: testdata/errors/NoQuery.graphql
+no queries found, looked in: testdata/errors/NoQuery.graphql (configure this in genqlient.yaml)