diff --git a/.changeset/cool-moles-fetch.md b/.changeset/cool-moles-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b202aef5ac23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cool-moles-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte-migrate': patch
+---
+
+suggest running migrate command with latest if migration does not exist
diff --git a/packages/migrate/bin.js b/packages/migrate/bin.js
index 80704a57cbcf..a643b8fa7c50 100755
--- a/packages/migrate/bin.js
+++ b/packages/migrate/bin.js
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ if (migrations.includes(migration)) {
 	migrate();
 } else {
 	console.error(
-		colors.bold().red(`You must specify one of the following migrations: ${migrations.join(', ')}`)
+		colors
+			.bold()
+			.red(
+				`You must specify one of the following migrations: ${migrations.join(', ')}\n` +
+					'If you expected this to work, try re-running the command with the latest svelte-migrate version:\n' +
+					`  npx svelte-migrate@latest ${migration}`
+			)
 	);
 }