diff --git a/scripts/commit_validation/commit_validation/validators/tabs_validator.py b/scripts/commit_validation/commit_validation/validators/tabs_validator.py
index 629e74c659a0..6044fab7439f 100755
--- a/scripts/commit_validation/commit_validation/validators/tabs_validator.py
+++ b/scripts/commit_validation/commit_validation/validators/tabs_validator.py
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ def run(self, commit: Commit, errors: List[str]) -> bool:
                     break
             else:
                 tab_line_count = 0
+                line_number_found = []
                 file_diff = commit.get_file_diff(file_name)
 
                 # Usually, code either has a very small number of tabs in the file by accident,
                 # or the entire file is full of tabs.  
                 # So we count the tabs, but we only print the first one in full.
                 first_tab_line_found = None
-                  
-                for line in file_diff.splitlines():
+                for index, line in enumerate(file_diff.splitlines()):
                     # we only care about added lines.
                     if line.startswith('+'):
                         if '\t' in line:
@@ -44,13 +44,16 @@ def run(self, commit: Commit, errors: List[str]) -> bool:
                                     f'     {previous_line_context}\n'
                                     f'---> {line}\n')
                             tab_line_count = tab_line_count + 1
+                            line_number_found.append(index)
                             
                     previous_line_context = line
                 if tab_line_count:
                     error_message = str(
-                                f'{file_name}::{self.__class__.__name__} FAILED TabsValidator - {tab_line_count} tabs in this file\n'
+                                f'{file_name}::{self.__class__.__name__} FAILED TabsValidator - {tab_line_count} tabs in this file on line {line_number_found}\n'
                                 f'First instance of a tab: \n'
-                                f'{first_tab_line_found}')
+                                f'{first_tab_line_found} \n'
+                                f'Note: Tabs are often converted to spaces by IDE and text editors. Verify this before overriding the error')
+                         
                     errors.append(error_message)
                     if VERBOSE: print(error_message)