diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
index 9e51959f5..c5d29ca68 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/project/init.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn init(
     if path.join("pyproject.toml").exists() {
         let path = std::path::absolute(&path).unwrap_or_else(|_| path.simplified().to_path_buf());
         anyhow::bail!(
-            "Project is already initialized in `{}`",
+            "Project is already initialized in `{}` (`pyproject.toml` file exists)",
             path.display().cyan()
         );
     }
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/init.rs b/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
index 0b60365c5..60ed9faa4 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/init.rs
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ fn init_normalized_names() -> Result<()> {
     ----- stdout -----
 
     ----- stderr -----
-    error: Project is already initialized in `[TEMP_DIR]/foo-bar`
+    error: Project is already initialized in `[TEMP_DIR]/foo-bar` (`pyproject.toml` file exists)
     "###);
 
     let child = context.temp_dir.child("foo-bar");