diff --git a/src/commands/link/index.ts b/src/commands/link/index.ts
index bc12cb2..7d1b371 100644
--- a/src/commands/link/index.ts
+++ b/src/commands/link/index.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export default class LinkIndex extends Command {
     const gitConfigFilePath = getGitConfigFilePath()
 
     if (!fileExists(gitConfigFilePath)) {
-      throw new Error('No remote git repository found')
+      throw new Error(chalk.red('No .git found in this directory. Please initialize a git repository with `git init`.'))
     }
 
     const gitUrl = getGitRemoteUrl(gitConfigFilePath)
diff --git a/src/util/index.ts b/src/util/index.ts
index 838baf4..9ebf2f5 100644
--- a/src/util/index.ts
+++ b/src/util/index.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export function getGitRemoteUrl(filePath: string): string {
   const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
   const remoteMatch = content.match(/\[remote "origin"]\n\s+url = (.*)/)
   if (!remoteMatch) {
-    throw new Error('No remote origin found in .git/config')
+    throw new Error(chalk.red('No remote origin found in .git/config, please set up a remote origin with `git remote add origin <url>`.'))
   }
 
   return remoteMatch[1]