diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php
index ca4bc8651e0b7..1fc5e0b968991 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ protected function display_default_error_template( $error, $handled ) {
 		if ( true === $handled && wp_is_recovery_mode() ) {
 			$message = __( 'There has been a critical error on this website, putting it in recovery mode. Please check the Themes and Plugins screens for more details. If you just installed or updated a theme or plugin, check the relevant page for that first.' );
 		} elseif ( is_protected_endpoint() && wp_recovery_mode()->is_initialized() ) {
-			$message = __( 'There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.' );
+			if ( is_multisite() ) {
+				$message = __( 'There has been a critical error on this website. Please reach out to your site administrator, and inform them of this error for further assistance.' );
+			} else {
+				$message = __( 'There has been a critical error on this website. Please check your site admin email inbox for instructions.' );
+			}
 		} else {
 			$message = __( 'There has been a critical error on this website.' );
 		}