diff --git a/cmd/abapEnvironmentCloneGitRepo.go b/cmd/abapEnvironmentCloneGitRepo.go
index 3812f4567..689f97208 100644
--- a/cmd/abapEnvironmentCloneGitRepo.go
+++ b/cmd/abapEnvironmentCloneGitRepo.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ func abapEnvironmentCloneGitRepo(config abapEnvironmentCloneGitRepoOptions, tele
 	// error situations should stop execution through log.Entry().Fatal() call which leads to an os.Exit(1) in the end
 	err := runAbapEnvironmentCloneGitRepo(&config, telemetryData, &autils, &client)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Entry().Info("-------------------------------------")
+		log.Entry().Info("-------------------------------------")
+		log.Entry().Info("If the exception CX_SY_REF_IS_INITIAL occurs, please consider switching to a different strategy / step until the issue is resolved by SAP (planned for SAP BTP ABAP Environment release 2102 HFC04). Please have a look at https://www.project-piper.io/pipelines/abapEnvironment/introduction/ for more details.")
+		log.Entry().Info("-------------------------------------")
+		log.Entry().Info("-------------------------------------")
 		log.Entry().WithError(err).Fatal("step execution failed")
 	}
 }