diff --git a/pkg/azurefile/azurefile.go b/pkg/azurefile/azurefile.go
index eee1a79dcd..b888287019 100644
--- a/pkg/azurefile/azurefile.go
+++ b/pkg/azurefile/azurefile.go
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ type DriverOptions struct {
 	AllowInlineVolumeKeyAccessWithIdentity bool
 	EnableVHDDiskFeature                   bool
 	EnableGetVolumeStats                   bool
+	AppendMountErrorHelpLink               bool
 	MountPermissions                       uint64
 	FSGroupChangePolicy                    string
 	KubeAPIQPS                             float64
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ type Driver struct {
 	allowInlineVolumeKeyAccessWithIdentity bool
 	enableVHDDiskFeature                   bool
 	enableGetVolumeStats                   bool
+	appendMountErrorHelpLink               bool
 	mountPermissions                       uint64
 	kubeAPIQPS                             float64
 	kubeAPIBurst                           int
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ func NewDriver(options *DriverOptions) *Driver {
 	driver.allowInlineVolumeKeyAccessWithIdentity = options.AllowInlineVolumeKeyAccessWithIdentity
 	driver.enableVHDDiskFeature = options.EnableVHDDiskFeature
 	driver.enableGetVolumeStats = options.EnableGetVolumeStats
+	driver.appendMountErrorHelpLink = options.AppendMountErrorHelpLink
 	driver.mountPermissions = options.MountPermissions
 	driver.fsGroupChangePolicy = options.FSGroupChangePolicy
 	driver.kubeAPIQPS = options.KubeAPIQPS
diff --git a/pkg/azurefile/nodeserver.go b/pkg/azurefile/nodeserver.go
index 8633efa323..28a20c3779 100644
--- a/pkg/azurefile/nodeserver.go
+++ b/pkg/azurefile/nodeserver.go
@@ -318,7 +318,11 @@ func (d *Driver) NodeStageVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.NodeStageVolumeRe
 		if err := wait.PollImmediate(1*time.Second, 2*time.Minute, func() (bool, error) {
 			return true, SMBMount(d.mounter, source, cifsMountPath, mountFsType, mountOptions, sensitiveMountOptions)
 		}); err != nil {
-			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, fmt.Sprintf("volume(%s) mount %s on %s failed with %v", volumeID, source, cifsMountPath, err))
+			var helpLinkMsg string
+			if d.appendMountErrorHelpLink {
+				helpLinkMsg = fmt.Sprintf("\nPlease refer to http://aka.ms/filemounterror for possible causes and solutions for mount errors.")
+			}
+			return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, fmt.Sprintf("volume(%s) mount %s on %s failed with %v%s", volumeID, source, cifsMountPath, err, helpLinkMsg))
 		}
 		if protocol == nfs {
 			if performChmodOp {
diff --git a/pkg/azurefileplugin/main.go b/pkg/azurefileplugin/main.go
index 19ae1e2ad7..146ee02a40 100644
--- a/pkg/azurefileplugin/main.go
+++ b/pkg/azurefileplugin/main.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var (
 	enableVHDDiskFeature                   = flag.Bool("enable-vhd", true, "enable VHD disk feature (experimental)")
 	kubeAPIQPS                             = flag.Float64("kube-api-qps", 25.0, "QPS to use while communicating with the kubernetes apiserver.")
 	kubeAPIBurst                           = flag.Int("kube-api-burst", 50, "Burst to use while communicating with the kubernetes apiserver.")
+	appendMountErrorHelpLink               = flag.Bool("append-mount-error-help-link", true, "Whether to include a link for help with mount errors when a mount error occurs.")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ func handle() {
 		AllowInlineVolumeKeyAccessWithIdentity: *allowInlineVolumeKeyAccessWithIdentity,
 		FSGroupChangePolicy:                    *fsGroupChangePolicy,
 		EnableVHDDiskFeature:                   *enableVHDDiskFeature,
+		AppendMountErrorHelpLink:               *appendMountErrorHelpLink,
 		KubeAPIQPS:                             *kubeAPIQPS,
 		KubeAPIBurst:                           *kubeAPIBurst,
 	}