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diff --git a/src/IRC/Irc.pl b/src/IRC/Irc.pl
index 84abc4b..ad557ae 100644
--- a/src/IRC/Irc.pl
+++ b/src/IRC/Irc.pl
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ sub irc {
     $conn = $irc->newconn(%args);
 
     if (!defined $conn) {
-	&ERROR("internal: perl IRC connection object does not exist.");
+	&ERROR("IRC: connection failed.");
+	&ERROR("add \"set ircHost 0.0.0.0\" to your config. If that does not work");
+	&ERROR("Please check /etc/hosts to see if you have a localhost line like:");
+	&ERROR("127.0.0.1   localhost    localhost");
+	&ERROR("If this is still a problem, please contact the maintainer.");
 	return 1;
     }
 
@@ -821,7 +825,7 @@ sub closeDCC {
 
     foreach $type (keys %dcc) {
 	next if ($type ne uc($type));
- 
+
 	my $nick;
 	foreach $nick (keys %{ $dcc{$type} }) {
 	    next unless (defined $nick);