diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
index 9570f01..18edd49 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class RichIPythonWidget(IPythonWidget):
try:
svg = str(self._name_to_svg_map[match.group("name")])
except KeyError:
- return "Couldn't find image %s" % match.group("name")
+ return "Cannot convert a PNG to SVG. To fix this, add this to your config: c.InlineBackendConfig.figure_format = 'svg'"
# Not currently checking path, because it's tricky to find a
# cross-browser way to embed external SVG images (e.g., via