--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py	Thu Nov 16 15:01:21 2017 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py	Mon Nov 20 01:40:26 2017 -0800
@@ -204,8 +204,9 @@
         self._pipeo = doublepipe(self.ui, self._pipeo, self._pipee)
 
         def badresponse():
-            self._abort(error.RepoError(_('no suitable response from '
-                                          'remote hg')))
+            msg = _("no suitable response from remote hg")
+            hint = self.ui.config("ui", "ssherrorhint")
+            self._abort(error.RepoError(msg, hint=hint))
 
         try:
             # skip any noise generated by remote shell