diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml
index ad6fd2ad41550a08995aea6aa6ce7ac87cb65ff8..9064a083ad27c44b908929e106d00bd1f2f0889a 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-k8s.yml
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ stages:
       deploymentfile=$(ls -1 "$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment-${environment_type}.yml" 2>/dev/null || ls -1 "$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment.yml" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
       if [[ -z "$deploymentfile" ]]
       then
-        log_error "--- deployment file not found"
+        log_error "--- deployment file not found. Expected '$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment-${environment_type}.yml' or '$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment.yml'."
         exit 1
       fi
 
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ stages:
       deploymentfile=$(ls -1 "$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment-${environment_type}.yml" 2>/dev/null || ls -1 "$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment.yml" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
       if [[ -z "$deploymentfile" ]]
       then
-        log_error "--- deployment file not found"
+        log_error "--- deployment file not found. Expected '$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment-${environment_type}.yml' or '$K8S_SCRIPTS_DIR/deployment.yml'."
         exit 1
       fi