diff --git a/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/LocalDataInitializer.h b/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/LocalDataInitializer.h
index d2b68e03be5c71678234a36c58979cb49286f3b9..cd3323c8e0fa69ef4633df1eb2892b9aba2c423c 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/LocalDataInitializer.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/HydroMechanics/LocalDataInitializer.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public:
                 "You are trying to build a local assembler for an unknown mesh "
                 "element type (%s)."
                 " Maybe you have disabled this mesh element type in your build "
-                "configuration.",
+                "configuration or this process requires higher order elements.",
                 type_idx.name());
         }
     }
diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h b/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
index 29f2dc6223f94eba27f2313f29e0d6645e6a8cd1..b54aee76baf66868e35eba198dfd31b17d3ef349 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/LIE/HydroMechanics/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
@@ -185,8 +185,11 @@ public:
         auto const it = _builder.find(type_idx);
 
         if (it == _builder.end())
-            OGS_FATAL("You are trying to build a local assembler for an unknown mesh element type (%s)."
-                " Maybe you have disabled this mesh element type in your build configuration.",
+            OGS_FATAL(
+                "You are trying to build a local assembler for an unknown mesh "
+                "element type (%s)."
+                " Maybe you have disabled this mesh element type in your build "
+                "configuration or this process requires higher order elements.",
                 type_idx.name());
 
         auto const n_local_dof = _dof_table.getNumberOfElementDOF(id);
diff --git a/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h b/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
index 02f726adecbc04c59d323cdff9374af1ce55a64e..0f0985e677b2c7f2131bc89795e1f38bded8c148 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/LIE/SmallDeformation/LocalAssembler/LocalDataInitializer.h
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ public:
                 "You are trying to build a local assembler for an unknown mesh "
                 "element type (%s)."
                 " Maybe you have disabled this mesh element type in your build "
-                "configuration.",
+                "configuration or this process requires higher order elements.",
                 type_idx.name());
         }
     }
diff --git a/ProcessLib/SmallDeformation/LocalDataInitializer.h b/ProcessLib/SmallDeformation/LocalDataInitializer.h
index d763ffdb2963d0b20e1bc5b5bb143d884cdf1c47..ee730dce4b7479b2876ac884e4b21f9fdff67216 100644
--- a/ProcessLib/SmallDeformation/LocalDataInitializer.h
+++ b/ProcessLib/SmallDeformation/LocalDataInitializer.h
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public:
                 "You are trying to build a local assembler for an unknown mesh "
                 "element type (%s)."
                 " Maybe you have disabled this mesh element type in your build "
-                "configuration.",
+                "configuration or this process requires higher order elements.",
                 type_idx.name());
         }
     }