diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/ck2yaml.py b/interfaces/cython/cantera/ck2yaml.py
index 13ae27e81fd..a7cef641660 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/ck2yaml.py
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/ck2yaml.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
 
 BlockMap = yaml.comments.CommentedMap
 
+# url to cantera tutorial about Chemkin syntax instruction
+url = "https://cantera.org/tutorials/ck2yaml-tutorial.html#debugging-common-errors-in-ck-files"
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 loghandler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
 logformatter = logging.Formatter('%(message)s')
@@ -673,10 +676,12 @@ def __init__(self, label, geometry, well_depth, collision_diameter,
         except ValueError:
             raise InputError(
                 "Bad geometry flag '{}' for species '{}', is the flag a float "
-                "or character? It should be an integer.", geometry, label)
+                "or character? It should be an integer. "
+                "Please check {} for correct Chemkin syntax", geometry, label, url)
         if geometry not in (0, 1, 2):
-            raise InputError("Bad geometry flag '{}' for species '{}'",
-                             geometry, label)
+            raise InputError("Bad geometry flag '{}' for species '{}' "
+                             "Please check {} for correct Chemkin syntax"
+                             "", geometry, label, url)
 
         self.geometry = self.geometry_flags[int(geometry)]
         self.well_depth = float(well_depth)
@@ -872,7 +877,8 @@ def read_NASA7_entry(self, lines, TintDefault, comments):
 
         if not composition:
             raise InputError("Error parsing elemental composition for "
-                             "species '{}'", species)
+                             "species '{}', Please check {} for correct Chemkin syntax"
+                             "", species, url)
 
         for symbol in composition.keys():
             # Some CHEMKIN input files may have quantities of elements with
@@ -952,8 +958,9 @@ def read_NASA9_entry(self, entry, comments):
                           fortFloat(C[64:80])]
                 polys.append((Trange, coeffs))
         except (IndexError, ValueError) as err:
-            raise InputError('Error while reading thermo entry for species {}:\n{}',
-                             species, err)
+            raise InputError('Error while reading thermo entry for species {}:\n{}'
+                             'Please check {} about the correct Chemkin syntax.'
+                             '',species, err, url)
 
         thermo = Nasa9(data=polys, note=note)
 
@@ -1042,8 +1049,9 @@ def read_kinetics_entry(self, entry, surface):
                 try:
                     locs[j] = float(token), 'coeff'
                 except ValueError:
-                    raise InputError('Unexpected token "{}" in reaction expression "{}".',
-                                     token, original_reaction)
+                    raise InputError('Unexpected token "{}" in reaction expression "{}"'
+                                     'Please check {} about the correct Chemkin syntax'
+                                     '', token, original_reaction, url)
 
         reactants = []
         products = []
@@ -1302,7 +1310,8 @@ def parse_expression(expression, dest):
                  surface]
         if sum(bool(t) for t in tests) > 1:
             raise InputError('Reaction {} contains parameters for more than '
-                'one reaction type.', original_reaction)
+                'one reaction type. Please check {} about the correct Chemkin syntax'
+                '', original_reaction, url)
 
         if cheb_coeffs:
             if Tmin is None or Tmax is None:
diff --git a/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_convert.py b/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_convert.py
index c25d4cc604b..bd1d45767b3 100644
--- a/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_convert.py
+++ b/interfaces/cython/cantera/test/test_convert.py
@@ -509,10 +509,9 @@ def test_duplicate_reactions(self):
             self.assertIn(token, message)
 
     def test_error_for_big_element_number(self):
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(self.InputError, 'Element amounts'):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(self.InputError, 'Element amounts can have no more than 3 digits.'):
             self.convert('big_element_num_err.inp')
 
-
 class CtmlConverterTest(utilities.CanteraTest):
     def test_sofc(self):
         gas_a, anode_bulk, oxide_a = ct.import_phases(