diff --git a/src/tangara/app_console/app_console.cpp b/src/tangara/app_console/app_console.cpp
index 7aa7fccf..e4e42786 100644
--- a/src/tangara/app_console/app_console.cpp
+++ b/src/tangara/app_console/app_console.cpp
@@ -209,9 +209,12 @@ int CmdTasks(int argc, char** argv) {
 #if (configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY == 0)
   std::cout
     << "FreeRTOS is not configured to track task info." << std::endl
-    << "Enable CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y in " << std::endl
-    << "sdkconfig.local, and also consider enabling " << std::endl
-    << "CONFIG_FREERTOS_VTASKLIST_INCLUDE_COREID=y" << std::endl;
+    << "You can enable task tracing via sdkconfig.local, by" << std::endl
+    << "setting CONFIG_FREERTOS_USE_TRACE_FACILITY=y. Alternately," << std::endl
+    << "use idf.py menuconfig to enable Components / FreeRTOS /" << std::endl
+    << "Kernel / configUSE_TRACE_FACILITY to do the same." << std::endl
+    << "Also consider 'Enable display of xCoreID in vTaskList'," << std::endl
+    << "or CONFIG_FREERTOS_VTASKLIST_INCLUDE_COREID=y" << std::endl;
   return 1;
 #endif
 
@@ -252,7 +255,9 @@ int CmdTasks(int argc, char** argv) {
               << "statistics, and this means that detailed task" << std::endl
               << "information is not available." << std::endl
               << "Enable CONFIG_FREERTOS_GENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS" << std::endl
-              << "in sdkconfig.local to capture these stats." << std::endl;
+              << "in sdkconfig.local to capture these stats, or" << std::endl
+              << "via idf.py menuconfig, in Components/FreeRTOS/" << std::endl
+              << "Kernel/configGENERATE_RUN_TIME_STATS." << std::endl;
   }
 
   std::vector<std::pair<uint32_t, std::pmr::string>> info_strings;