diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
index b28bb555e..4afc62178 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils/_utils.py
@@ -940,10 +940,14 @@ def formatSeconds(secs, delim=':', msec=False):
 
 
 def bug_reports_message(before=';'):
-    from ..update import REPOSITORY
+    from ..update import REPOSITORY, detect_variant
+    from ..version import CHANNEL
 
-    msg = (f'please report this issue on  https://github.com/{REPOSITORY}/issues?q= , '
-           'filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U')
+    msg = (
+        'if possible, please pull the latest changes from the master branch' if detect_variant() == 'sourcex'
+        else 'please check if the bug is already fixed in the latest nightly version' if CHANNEL == 'stablex'
+        else f'please report this issue on  https://github.com/{REPOSITORY}/issues?q= , '
+        'filling out the appropriate issue template. Confirm you are on the latest version using  yt-dlp -U')
 
     before = before.rstrip()
     if not before or before.endswith(('.', '!', '?')):