diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c4bf64760..922ad7da0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.14.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.15.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
@@ -113,7 +114,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.3 // indirect
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.3.3 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/client/download_sbom.go b/pkg/client/download_sbom.go
index 234dcea64..0d54e162a 100644
--- a/pkg/client/download_sbom.go
+++ b/pkg/client/download_sbom.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (c *Client) DownloadSBOM(name string, options DownloadSBOMOptions) error {
 	img, err := c.imageFetcher.Fetch(context.Background(), name, image.FetchOptions{Daemon: options.Daemon, PullPolicy: image.PullNever})
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Cause(err) == image.ErrNotFound {
-			c.logger.Warnf("if image is saved on a registry run 'docker pull %s' before downloading the SBoM", name)
+			c.logger.Warnf("if the image is saved on a registry run with the flag '--remote', for example: 'pack sbom download --remote %s'", name)
 			return errors.Wrapf(image.ErrNotFound, "image '%s' cannot be found", name)
 		}
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/client/download_sbom_test.go b/pkg/client/download_sbom_test.go
index 1b6188855..5ba1dfb01 100644
--- a/pkg/client/download_sbom_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/download_sbom_test.go
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ func testDownloadSBOM(t *testing.T, when spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			mockImageFetcher.EXPECT().Fetch(gomock.Any(), "some/non-existent-image", image.FetchOptions{Daemon: true, PullPolicy: image.PullNever}).Return(nil, image.ErrNotFound)
 
 			err := subject.DownloadSBOM("some/non-existent-image", DownloadSBOMOptions{Daemon: true, DestinationDir: ""})
-			h.AssertError(t, err, "image 'some/non-existent-image' cannot be found")
-			h.AssertContains(t, out.String(), "if image is saved on a registry run 'docker pull some/non-existent-image' before downloading the SBoM\n")
+			expectedError := fmt.Sprintf("image '%s' cannot be found", "some/non-existent-image")
+			h.AssertError(t, err, expectedError)
+
+			expectedMessage := fmt.Sprintf("Warning: if the image is saved on a registry run with the flag '--remote', for example: 'pack sbom download --remote %s'", "some/non-existent-image")
+			h.AssertContains(t, out.String(), expectedMessage)
 		})
 	})