runmodes: clear hint when runmode is not indicated

Ticket: OISF#5711
comfort619 · Nov 4, 2023 · 52aed8f · 52aed8f
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commit 52aed8f
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 6 deletions.
diff --git a/src/suricata.c b/src/suricata.c
@@ -2358,13 +2358,12 @@ static int StartInternalRunMode(SCInstance *suri, int argc, char **argv)
 
 static int FinalizeRunMode(SCInstance *suri, char **argv)
 {
-    switch (suri->run_mode) {
-        case RUNMODE_UNKNOWN:
-            PrintUsage(argv[0]);
-            return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
-        default:
-            break;
+    if (suri->run_mode == RUNMODE_UNKNOWN) {
+        SCLogError("No capture mode specified as a command-line argument, specify one from the --list-runmodes.");
+        PrintUsage(argv[0]);
+        return TM_ECODE_FAILED;
     }
+
     /* Set the global run mode and offline flag. */
     run_mode = suri->run_mode;