diff --git a/indra/develop.py b/indra/develop.py
index 59722c4bc2e2ba0ef3e0fb5a57f5539b294c5538..a8a7b63aa7f863238dd054388bf7b71b039c100f 100755
--- a/indra/develop.py
+++ b/indra/develop.py
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ def get_build_cmd(self):
 
     def run(self, command, name=None, retry_on=None, retries=1):
         '''Run a program.  If the program fails, raise an exception.'''
-        assert name is not None, 'On windows an executable path must be given in name.'
+        assert name is not None, 'On windows an executable path must be given in name. [DEV-44838]'
         if os.path.isfile(name):
             path = name
         else: