diff --git a/cmds-receive.c b/cmds-receive.c
index ed441076..cce37a7a 100644
--- a/cmds-receive.c
+++ b/cmds-receive.c
@@ -257,8 +257,15 @@ static int process_snapshot(const char *path, const u8 *uuid, u64 ctransid,
 			O_RDONLY | O_NOATIME);
 	if (args_v2.fd < 0) {
 		ret = -errno;
-		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s failed. %s\n",
-				parent_subvol->path, strerror(-ret));
+		if (errno != ENOENT)
+			fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: open %s failed. %s\n",
+					parent_subvol->path, strerror(-ret));
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"It seems that you have changed your default "
+				"subvolume or you specify other subvolume to\n"
+				"mount btrfs, try to remount this btrfs filesystem "
+				"with fs tree, and run btrfs receive again!\n");
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/man/btrfs.8.in b/man/btrfs.8.in
index c11b53ae..8fea115a 100644
--- a/man/btrfs.8.in
+++ b/man/btrfs.8.in
@@ -660,11 +660,16 @@ Receive subvolumes from stdin.
 Receives one or more subvolumes that were previously
 sent with btrfs send. The received subvolumes are stored
 into \fI<mount>\fP.
-btrfs receive will fail in case a receiving subvolume
-already exists. It will also fail in case a previously
-received subvolume was changed after it was received.
-After receiving a subvolume, it is immediately set to
-read only.
+btrfs receive will fail with the following case:
+
+1.a receiving subvolume already exists.
+
+2.a previously received subvolume was changed after it was received.
+
+3.default subvolume is changed or you don't mount btrfs filesystem with
+fs tree.
+
+After receiving a subvolume, it is immediately set to read only.
 .RS
 
 \fIOptions\fR