diff --git a/checkpoint_engine/ps.py b/checkpoint_engine/ps.py
index ef637c7..8b080cd 100644
--- a/checkpoint_engine/ps.py
+++ b/checkpoint_engine/ps.py
@@ -305,13 +305,21 @@ def _get_my_rdma_device(local_rank: int, gpu_count: int, devices: list[str]) ->
     """
     if not devices:
         raise RuntimeError("no rdma devices found")
-    assert len(devices) <= gpu_count, (
-        f"rdma devices count {len(devices)} should be less than or equal to gpu count {gpu_count}"
-    )
-    assert gpu_count % len(devices) == 0, (
-        f"gpu count {gpu_count} should be divisible by rdma devices count {len(devices)}"
-    )
-    return devices[local_rank // (gpu_count // len(devices))]
+    try:
+        assert len(devices) <= gpu_count, (
+            f"rdma devices count {len(devices)} should be less than or equal to gpu count {gpu_count}"
+        )
+        assert gpu_count % len(devices) == 0, (
+            f"gpu count {gpu_count} should be divisible by rdma devices count {len(devices)}"
+        )
+        return devices[local_rank // (gpu_count // len(devices))]
+    except AssertionError:
+        logger.error(
+            "Please set 'NCCL_IB_HCA' or 'PS_P2P_STORE_RDMA_DEVICES' environment variable to choose proper number of RDMA devices."
+            "The number of RDMA devices should be less than or equal to GPU count, and GPU count should be divisible by the number of RDMA devices."
+            "The acceptable value by NCCL_IB_HCA is documented in 'https://docs.nvidia.com/deeplearning/nccl/user-guide/docs/env.html#id8'."
+        )
+        raise
 
 
 def _parse_NCCL_IB_HCA(value: str, available_devices: list[str]) -> list[str]: