diff --git a/src/core/ReactMount.js b/src/core/ReactMount.js
index 598c5633fccd4..0a8c3c77707bb 100644
--- a/src/core/ReactMount.js
+++ b/src/core/ReactMount.js
@@ -576,17 +576,11 @@ var ReactMount = {
 
     firstChildren.length = 0;
 
-    if (__DEV__) {
-      console.error(
-        'Error while invoking `findComponentRoot` with the following ' +
-        'ancestor node:',
-        ancestorNode
-      );
-    }
     invariant(
       false,
       'findComponentRoot(..., %s): Unable to find element. This probably ' +
-      'means the DOM was unexpectedly mutated (e.g. by the browser).',
+      'means the DOM was unexpectedly mutated (e.g., by the browser). ' +
+      'Try inspecting the child nodes of the element with React ID `%s`.',
       id,
       ReactMount.getID(ancestorNode)
     );
diff --git a/src/core/__tests__/ReactInstanceHandles-test.js b/src/core/__tests__/ReactInstanceHandles-test.js
index 6d665a2b9b235..5f2048f6843f0 100644
--- a/src/core/__tests__/ReactInstanceHandles-test.js
+++ b/src/core/__tests__/ReactInstanceHandles-test.js
@@ -138,9 +138,6 @@ describe('ReactInstanceHandles', function() {
         ReactMount.getID(childNodeB)
       )).toBe(childNodeB);
 
-      spyOn(console, 'error');
-      expect(console.error.argsForCall.length).toBe(0);
-
       expect(function() {
         ReactMount.findComponentRoot(
           parentNode,
@@ -149,10 +146,9 @@ describe('ReactInstanceHandles', function() {
       }).toThrow(
         'Invariant Violation: findComponentRoot(..., .react[0].1:0:junk): ' +
         'Unable to find element. This probably means the DOM was ' +
-        'unexpectedly mutated (e.g. by the browser).'
+        'unexpectedly mutated (e.g., by the browser). Try inspecting the ' +
+        'child nodes of the element with React ID `.react[0]`.'
       );
-
-      expect(console.error.argsForCall.length).toBe(1);
     });
   });