diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a750530..cbfadec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Formats difference between two dates as a human-readable string in almost any la
 
 ### Node.js
 
-In Node.js environment library will load requested locales automatically.
+In Node.js environment library will load requested locales automatically from a relative path.
 
 ```js
 const timeDelta = require('time-delta');
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ timeDelta.addLocale([enLocale, ruLocale]);
 
 // Creating an instance
 const instance = timeDelta.create({
-  locale: 'en', // default
+  locale: 'en',
+  autoloadLocales: false
 });
 
 const date1 = new Date('2015-04-01T21:00:00');
diff --git a/lib/time-delta.js b/lib/time-delta.js
index becaf41..05b9b7f 100644
--- a/lib/time-delta.js
+++ b/lib/time-delta.js
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ function requireLocale(localeId) {
     );
 
   } catch (error) {
-    throw Error(`Failed to load locale: ${localeId}`);
+    throw Error(
+      `Failed to load locale: ${localeId} from ../locales/${localeId}.js. If using a bundled time-delta, set 'autoloadLocales: false' in the config.`
+    );
 
   }
 }