diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
index 2a40e806f9..6982f10135 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/start.go
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func setupKubeAdm(mAPI libmachine.API, cfg config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node,
 func setupKubeconfig(h *host.Host, cc *config.ClusterConfig, n *config.Node, clusterName string) *kubeconfig.Settings {
 	addr, err := apiServerURL(*h, *cc, *n)
 	if err != nil {
-		exit.Error(reason.DrvCPEndpoint, "Failed to get API Server URL", err)
+		exit.Message(reason.DrvCPEndpoint, fmt.Sprintf("failed to get API Server URL: %v", err), out.V{"profileArg": fmt.Sprintf("--profile=%s", clusterName)})
 	}
 
 	if cc.KubernetesConfig.APIServerName != constants.APIServerName {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go b/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go
index ee9a3faf6b..48af438986 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go
@@ -207,7 +207,13 @@ var (
 	ProviderNotFound    = Kind{ID: "PROVIDER_NOT_FOUND", ExitCode: ExProviderNotFound}
 	ProviderUnavailable = Kind{ID: "PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE", ExitCode: ExProviderNotFound, Style: style.Shrug}
 
-	DrvCPEndpoint         = Kind{ID: "DRV_CP_ENDPOINT", ExitCode: ExDriverError}
+	DrvCPEndpoint = Kind{ID: "DRV_CP_ENDPOINT",
+		Advice: `Recreate the cluster by running:
+		minikube delete {{.profileArg}}
+		minikube start {{.profileArg}}`,
+		ExitCode: ExDriverError,
+		Style:    style.Failure,
+	}
 	DrvPortForward        = Kind{ID: "DRV_PORT_FORWARD", ExitCode: ExDriverError}
 	DrvUnsupportedMulti   = Kind{ID: "DRV_UNSUPPORTED_MULTINODE", ExitCode: ExDriverConflict}
 	DrvUnsupportedOS      = Kind{ID: "DRV_UNSUPPORTED_OS", ExitCode: ExDriverUnsupported}