1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index 1ebb2a4..7588dfb 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -653,7 +653,11 @@ func (p *Parser) process(args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		if spec.required {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s is required", name)
+			msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s is required", name)
+			if spec.env != "" {
+				msg += " (or environment variable " + spec.env + ")"
+			}
+			return errors.New(msg)
 		}
 		if spec.defaultVal != "" {
 			err := scalar.ParseValue(p.val(spec.dest), spec.defaultVal)