diff --git a/src/controller/cve.controller/error.js b/src/controller/cve.controller/error.js
index 9b4922839..83ed5ed95 100644
--- a/src/controller/cve.controller/error.js
+++ b/src/controller/cve.controller/error.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class CveControllerError extends idrErr.IDRError {
   unableToStoreCveRecord () { // cve
     const err = {}
     err.error = 'UNABLE_TO_STORE_CVE_RECORD'
-    err.message = 'A problem occurred while saving the CVE Record'
+    err.message = 'A problem occurred while saving the CVE Record, ensure that x_ values do not start with $'
     return err
   }