diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4ed92b032..ca99a97ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "krilla"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/LaurenzV/krilla?rev=d4dedf7#d4dedf71cc39f8fa5e8c8dc2a69eed164e0f8358"
+source = "git+https://github.com/LaurenzV/krilla?rev=ffdd1aa#ffdd1aa56a5c70711cc2863ce056cc2925bf4468"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bumpalo",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 790ad8582..08ca9dc64 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if_chain = "1"
 image = { version = "0.25.2", default-features = false, features = ["png", "jpeg", "gif"] }
 indexmap = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 kamadak-exif = "0.5"
-krilla = { git = "https://github.com/LaurenzV/krilla", rev = "d4dedf7", features = ["comemo", "rayon", "svg"] }
+krilla = { git = "https://github.com/LaurenzV/krilla", rev = "ffdd1aa", features = ["comemo", "rayon", "svg"] }
 kurbo = "0.11"
 libfuzzer-sys = "0.4"
 lipsum = "0.9"
diff --git a/crates/typst-pdf/src/convert.rs b/crates/typst-pdf/src/convert.rs
index dead2b702..eae186931 100644
--- a/crates/typst-pdf/src/convert.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-pdf/src/convert.rs
@@ -385,10 +385,12 @@ fn finish(document: Document, gc: GlobalContext) -> SourceResult<Vec<u8>> {
                             hint: "ensure all text can be displayed using an available font");
                     }
                     ValidationError::InvalidCodepointMapping(_, _) => {
-                        bail!(Span::detached(), "{prefix} the PDF contains the \
-                        disallowed codepoints";
-                            hint: "make sure to not use the Unicode characters 0x0, \
-                            0xFEFF or 0xFFFE");
+                        bail!(Span::detached(), "{prefix} the PDF contains \
+                        disallowed codepoints or is missing codepoint mappings";
+                            hint: "make sure to not use the unicode characters 0x0, \
+                            0xFEFF or 0xFFFE";
+                            hint: "for complex scripts like indic or arabic, it might \
+                            not be possible to produce a compliant document");
                     }
                     ValidationError::UnicodePrivateArea(_, _) => {
                         bail!(Span::detached(), "{prefix} the PDF contains characters from the \