diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-add/dotnet-add-p2p/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-add/dotnet-add-p2p/LocalizableStrings.cs
index 76637a9fb..76c673753 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-add/dotnet-add-p2p/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-add/dotnet-add-p2p/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Add.ProjectToProjectReference
         public const string AppFullName = ".NET Add Project to Project (p2p) reference Command";
 
         public const string AppDescription = "Command to add project to project (p2p) reference";
+        
+        public const string SpecifyAtLeastOneReferenceToAdd = "You must specify at least one reference to add. Please run dotnet add --help for more information.";
 
         public const string AppHelpText = "Project to project references to add";
 
@@ -20,4 +22,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Add.ProjectToProjectReference
 
         public const string ProjectException = "Project";
     }
-}
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+}