diff --git a/dist/cache-save/index.js b/dist/cache-save/index.js
index aa4501f9..d0b4dba9 100644
--- a/dist/cache-save/index.js
+++ b/dist/cache-save/index.js
@@ -81041,7 +81041,7 @@ class CacheDistributor {
                         .split('\n')
                         .join(',')} or ${constants_1.CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
                     : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
-                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`);
+                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${this.packageManager} with cache-dependency-path = ${this.cacheDependencyPath}. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed`);
             }
             const cachePath = yield this.getCacheGlobalDirectories();
             core.saveState(State.CACHE_PATHS, cachePath);
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index f1e3e297..d93e68ee 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -90243,7 +90243,7 @@ class CacheDistributor {
                         .split('\n')
                         .join(',')} or ${constants_1.CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
                     : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
-                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`);
+                throw new Error(`No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${this.packageManager} with cache-dependency-path = ${this.cacheDependencyPath}. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed`);
             }
             const cachePath = yield this.getCacheGlobalDirectories();
             core.saveState(State.CACHE_PATHS, cachePath);
diff --git a/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts b/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts
index 211946fb..842fb708 100644
--- a/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts
+++ b/src/cache-distributions/cache-distributor.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ abstract class CacheDistributor {
               .join(',')} or ${CACHE_DEPENDENCY_BACKUP_PATH}`
           : this.cacheDependencyPath.split('\n').join(',');
       throw new Error(
-        `No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository`
+        `No file in ${process.cwd()} matched to [${file}], make sure you have checked out the target repository. No cache paths were identified for ${
+          this.packageManager
+        } with cache-dependency-path = ${
+          this.cacheDependencyPath
+        }. This likely indicates no dependencies to cache. Consider removing the cache step if it's not needed`
       );
     }