diff --git a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
index 2517ea31d..3b81ed486 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clang-format.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           -c color.diff.whitespace='red reverse' \
           clang-format-15 --diff --binary clang-format-15 --commit $PR_BASE -- include/ lib/ || \
           (echo "Please run the following git-clang-format locally to fix the formatting: \n
-                git clang-format origin/main -- include/ lib/" && exit 1)
+                git-clang-format HEAD~\n
+                for multiple commits we should place the formatting changes in the related commit with:\n
+                \t\tgit rebase -i -x \"git-clang-format-15 main && git commit -a --allow-empty --fixup=HEAD\" --strategy-option=theirs origin/main\n
+                \t\t Then inspect the results with: git log --oneline\n
+                \t\t Then squash without poluting the history with: git rebase --autosquash -i main\n" && exit 1)