diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
index 32c38feee0..981b022a9f 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/sqlserver/server.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const sqlServerHeartbeatIntervalEnvVar = "DOLT_SQL_SERVER_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL"
 var ExternalDisableUsers bool = false
 
 var ErrCouldNotLockDatabase = goerrors.NewKind("database \"%s\" is locked by another dolt process; either clone the database to run a second server, or stop the dolt process which currently holds an exclusive write lock on the database")
+var ErrCouldNotLockDatabaseWithDir = goerrors.NewKind("datadir: \"%s\", database \"%s\" is locked by another dolt process; either clone the database to run a second server, or stop the dolt process which currently holds an exclusive write lock on the database")
 
 // Serve starts a MySQL-compatible server. Returns any errors that were encountered.
 func Serve(
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func ConfigureServices(
 		InitF: func(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 			return mrEnv.Iter(func(name string, dEnv *env.DoltEnv) (stop bool, err error) {
 				if dEnv.IsAccessModeReadOnly() {
-					return true, ErrCouldNotLockDatabase.New(name)
+					return true, ErrCouldNotLockDatabaseWithDir.New(name, serverConfig.DataDir())
 				}
 				return false, nil
 			})