diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/errors.rs b/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/errors.rs
index 7aa20884f1710..7fa03ad88dbea 100644
--- a/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/errors.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("{0}")]
     ConfigError(relay_compiler::errors::Error),
 
+    #[error(
+        "{source}\n\nHint: You can dump the config JSON schema with:\n  relay-compiler config-json-schema\n\nFor documentation, see:\n  https://relay.dev/docs/getting-started/compiler-config/"
+    )]
+    ConfigErrorWithHint { source: Box<Error> },
+
     #[error("Unable to run relay compiler. Error details: \n{details}")]
     CompilerError { details: String },
 
diff --git a/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/main.rs b/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/main.rs
index 0468c648409f2..7e6a9936c5dbc 100644
--- a/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/main.rs
+++ b/compiler/crates/relay-bin/src/main.rs
@@ -278,11 +278,23 @@ async fn main() {
 }
 
 fn get_config(config_path: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<Config, Error> {
-    match config_path {
-        Some(config_path) => Config::load(config_path).map_err(Error::ConfigError),
-        None => Config::search(&current_dir().expect("Unable to get current working directory."))
-            .map_err(Error::ConfigError),
-    }
+    let result = match config_path {
+        Some(config_path) => Config::load(config_path),
+        None => Config::search(&current_dir().expect("Unable to get current working directory.")),
+    };
+    result.map_err(|err| {
+        let is_config_error = matches!(
+            err,
+            CompilerError::ConfigError { .. } | CompilerError::ConfigFileValidation { .. }
+        );
+        let mut err = Error::ConfigError(err);
+        if is_config_error {
+            err = Error::ConfigErrorWithHint {
+                source: Box::new(err),
+            };
+        }
+        err
+    })
 }
 
 fn configure_logger(output: OutputKind, terminal_mode: TerminalMode) {