1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Library/brew.rb b/Library/brew.rb
index 64006cc81..d095744f6 100755
--- a/Library/brew.rb
+++ b/Library/brew.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,12 @@ begin
 
   if sudo_check.include? cmd
     if Process.uid.zero? and not File.stat(HOMEBREW_BREW_FILE).uid.zero?
-      raise "Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew #{cmd}`\n#{SUDO_BAD_ERRMSG}"
+      raise <<-EOS.undent
+        Cowardly refusing to `sudo brew #{cmd}`
+        You can use brew with sudo, but only if the brew executable is owned by root.
+        However, this is both not recommended and completely unsupported so do so at
+        your own risk.
+        EOS
     end
   end