diff --git a/src/env.c b/src/env.c
index 74f50fd..2e60c2e 100644
--- a/src/env.c
+++ b/src/env.c
@@ -571,13 +571,11 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
         case '-':
           /* Space,tab,dash are undocumented options. Attempt to detect
              incorrect shebang usage with extraneous space, e.g.:
-                #!env -v -S'cat -n'
-             In which case argv[1] == "-v -S'cat -n'" k.
-             see: https://lists.gnu.org/r/coreutils/2018-04/msg00020.html  */
+                #!/usr/bin/env -i command
+             In which case argv[1] == "-i command".  */
+          error (0, 0, _("invalid option -- '%c'"), optc);
           if (argc == 3)
-            error (0, 0, _("possible incorrect usage of env in a script"));
-          else
-            error (0, 0, _("invalid option -- '%c'"), optc);
+            error (0, 0, _("Use -[v]S to pass options in shebang lines"));
           usage (EXIT_CANCELED);
 
         case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
@@ -659,5 +657,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   int exit_status = errno == ENOENT ? EXIT_ENOENT : EXIT_CANNOT_INVOKE;
   error (0, errno, "%s", quote (argv[optind]));
+
+  if (argc == 3 && exit_status == EXIT_ENOENT && strchr(argv[optind], ' '))
+    error (0, 0, _("Use -[v]S to pass options in shebang lines"));
+
   return exit_status;
 }