diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py
index 0b7f48b563..3013eac3d7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/strategy/__init__.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class StrategyBase:
                 tags = [ tags ]
             if len(tags) > 0:
                 if len(b._task_include.tags) > 0:
-                    raise AnsibleParserError("Include tasks should not specify tags in more than one way (both via args and directly on the task)",
+                    raise AnsibleParserError("Include tasks should not specify tags in more than one way (both via args and directly on the task). Mixing tag specify styles is prohibited for whole import hierarchy, not only for single import statement",
                             obj=included_file._task._ds)
                 display.deprecated("You should not specify tags in the include parameters. All tags should be specified using the task-level option")
                 b._task_include.tags = tags