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diff --git a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
index ab20774bbf03..62f7cb673ccf 100644
--- a/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-nix-from-closure.sh
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ if ! $nix/bin/nix-channel --list | grep -q "^nixpkgs "; then
     $nix/bin/nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable
 fi
 if [ -z "$_NIX_INSTALLER_TEST" ]; then
-    $nix/bin/nix-channel --update nixpkgs
+    if ! $nix/bin/nix-channel --update nixpkgs; then
+        echo "Fetching the nixpkgs channel failed. (Are you offline?)"
+        echo "To try again later, run \"nix-channel --update nixpkgs\"."
+    fi
 fi
 
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