diff --git a/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/diagnostics/jvm/FirJvmErrorsDefaultMessages.kt b/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/diagnostics/jvm/FirJvmErrorsDefaultMessages.kt
index c240ab59f8c..eee1dd549e0 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/diagnostics/jvm/FirJvmErrorsDefaultMessages.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/diagnostics/jvm/FirJvmErrorsDefaultMessages.kt
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ object FirJvmErrorsDefaultMessages : BaseDiagnosticRendererFactory() {
         )
         map.put(
             INTERFACE_CANT_CALL_DEFAULT_METHOD_VIA_SUPER,
-            "Interfaces can call default methods via super only within @JvmDefault members. Please annotate the containing interface member with @JvmDefault"
+            "Interfaces can call JVM-default members via super only within JVM-default members. Please use '-Xjvm-default=all/all-compatibility' modes for such calls"
         )
         map.put(
             SUBCLASS_CANT_CALL_COMPANION_PROTECTED_NON_STATIC,
diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java
index 499d79b18a6..aa99cd6fbfb 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/jvm/diagnostics/DefaultErrorMessagesJvm.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class DefaultErrorMessagesJvm implements DefaultErrorMessages.Extension {
         MAP.put(NO_REFLECTION_IN_CLASS_PATH, "Call uses reflection API which is not found in compilation classpath. " +
                                              "Make sure you have kotlin-reflect.jar in the classpath");
 
-        MAP.put(INTERFACE_CANT_CALL_DEFAULT_METHOD_VIA_SUPER, "Interfaces can call default methods via super only within @JvmDefault members. Please annotate the containing interface member with @JvmDefault");
+        MAP.put(INTERFACE_CANT_CALL_DEFAULT_METHOD_VIA_SUPER, "Interfaces can call JVM-default members via super only within JVM-default members. Please use '-Xjvm-default=all/all-compatibility' modes for such calls");
         MAP.put(SUBCLASS_CANT_CALL_COMPANION_PROTECTED_NON_STATIC, "Using protected members which are not @JvmStatic in the superclass companion is unsupported yet");
 
         MAP.put(NULLABILITY_MISMATCH_BASED_ON_JAVA_ANNOTATIONS, "Type mismatch: inferred type is {1} but {0} was expected", RENDER_TYPE, RENDER_TYPE);