def validate_config(self, build_dir) -> bool:
                kconfig_path = get_kconfig_path(build_dir)
                validated_kconfig = kunit_config.parse_file(kconfig_path)
-               if not self._kconfig.is_subset_of(validated_kconfig):
-                       invalid = self._kconfig.entries() - validated_kconfig.entries()
-                       message = 'Provided Kconfig is not contained in validated .config. Following fields found in kunitconfig, ' \
-                                         'but not in .config: %s' % (
-                                       ', '.join([str(e) for e in invalid])
-                       )
-                       logging.error(message)
-                       return False
-               return True
+               if self._kconfig.is_subset_of(validated_kconfig):
+                       return True
+               invalid = self._kconfig.entries() - validated_kconfig.entries()
+               message = 'Not all Kconfig options selected in kunitconfig were in the generated .config.\n' \
+                         'This is probably due to unsatisfied dependencies.\n' \
+                         'Missing: ' + ', '.join([str(e) for e in invalid])
+               if self._arch == 'um':
+                       message += '\nNote: many Kconfig options aren\'t available on UML. You can try running ' \
+                                  'on a different architecture with something like "--arch=x86_64".'
+               logging.error(message)
+               return False
 
        def build_config(self, build_dir, make_options) -> bool:
                kconfig_path = get_kconfig_path(build_dir)