diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index db7738192..43a50e2e8 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -2013,7 +2013,12 @@ class Archiver:
             else:
                 commands[args.topic].print_help()
         else:
-            parser.error('No help available on %s' % (args.topic,))
+            msg_lines = []
+            msg_lines += ['No help available on %s.' % args.topic]
+            msg_lines += ['Try one of the following:']
+            msg_lines += ['    Commands: %s' % ', '.join(sorted(commands.keys()))]
+            msg_lines += ['    Topics: %s' % ', '.join(sorted(self.helptext.keys()))]
+            parser.error('\n'.join(msg_lines))
         return self.exit_code
 
     def do_subcommand_help(self, parser, args):