diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5d08c61..c825a60 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-  rev: v3.3.0
+  rev: v4.4.0
   hooks:
     - id: debug-statements
     - id: check-ast
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ repos:
     - id: check-merge-conflict
 
 - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-  rev: 20.8b1
+  rev: 22.12.0
   hooks:
     - id: black
       language_version: python3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2b79d9..fcf3ac7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,12 +11,18 @@ Add this to your `.pre-commit-config.yaml`
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/eitrtechnologies/pre-commit-yamlpolicy
-  rev: v1.2.0  # Use the ref you want to point to
+  rev: v1.3.0  # Use the ref you want to point to
   hooks:
     - id: bannedk8skinds
     - id: disallowunquoted
     - id: valueregex
-      args: [--jmespath, '*.matchers[].match', --regex, '\([^ ]|[^ ]\)']
+      args:
+        - --jmespath
+        - '*.matchers[].match'
+        - --regex
+        - '\([^ ]|[^ ]\)'
+        - --error-message
+        - Found parentheses too close together. Can haz fix plz?
 ```
 
 ### Hooks Available
@@ -44,5 +50,7 @@ values in YAML.
     the values to run a regex against. *REQUIRED*
   - `--regex` - Regex which will cause the hook to fail if it matches any of the
     values returned by the JMESPath query. *REQUIRED*
+  - `--error-message` - Message to display when a match is found. This allows
+    a more user-friendly message to be displayed for a given regex match.
   - `--allow-multiple-documents` - Allow YAML files which use the
     [multi-document syntax](http://www.yaml.org/spec/1.2/spec.html#YAML)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3ef6fc5..a3634b7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = yamlpolicy
-version = 1.2.0
+version = 1.3.0
 description = Allows an organization to specify YAML usage policy.
 long_description = file: README.md
 long_description_content_type = text/markdown
diff --git a/valueregex/valueregex.py b/valueregex/valueregex.py
index 89b589e..0bc6292 100755
--- a/valueregex/valueregex.py
+++ b/valueregex/valueregex.py
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def main(argv: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> int:
         "--jmespath",
         required=True,
     )
+    optional.add_argument(
+        "-e",
+        "--error-message",
+    )
     required.add_argument("filenames", nargs="*", help="Filenames to check.")
     args: argparse.Namespace = parser.parse_args(argv)
 
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ def main(argv: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> int:
 
     retval: int = 0
     for filename in args.filenames:
+        error_message: str = f'Restricted value found for JMESPath "{search}"'
+        if args.error_message:
+            error_message = args.error_message
+
         try:
             with open(filename, encoding="UTF-8") as f:
                 if args.multi:
@@ -54,7 +62,7 @@ def main(argv: Optional[Sequence[str]] = None) -> int:
                         match: re.Match = regex.search(val)
                         if match:
                             print(
-                                f'{filename}: Restricted value found for JMESPath "{search}" =  {match.group(0).rstrip()}'
+                                f"{filename}: {error_message} =  {match.group(0).rstrip()}"
                             )
                             retval = 1
         except ruamel.yaml.YAMLError as exc: