diff --git a/djhtml/options.py b/djhtml/options.py
index f263102..f6744b5 100644
--- a/djhtml/options.py
+++ b/djhtml/options.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@
if self.in_place:
sys.exit(
- "The -i (--in-place) argument has been deprecated as it's now the default. If"
- " you have a custom pre-commit entry for DjHTML, remove the -i argument from it"
- " and everything will continue to work as before."
+ """
+ You have called DjHTML with the -i or --in-place argument which
+ has been deprecated as it's now the default. If you have a custom
+ pre-commit entry for DjHTML, remove the -i argument from it and
+ everything will continue to work as before.
+ """
)