diff --git a/dandi/files/bids.py b/dandi/files/bids.py
index a441e5999..a6be86b45 100644
--- a/dandi/files/bids.py
+++ b/dandi/files/bids.py
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@
 
 from .bases import GenericAsset, LocalFileAsset, NWBAsset
 from .zarr import ZarrAsset
-from ..consts import ZARR_MIME_TYPE
+from ..consts import ZARR_MIME_TYPE, dandiset_metadata_file
 from ..metadata.core import add_common_metadata, prepare_metadata
 from ..misctypes import Digest
-from ..validate_types import ValidationResult
+from ..validate_types import (
+    ORIGIN_VALIDATION_DANDI_LAYOUT,
+    Scope,
+    Severity,
+    ValidationResult,
+)
 
 BIDS_ASSET_ERRORS = ("BIDS.NON_BIDS_PATH_PLACEHOLDER",)
 BIDS_DATASET_ERRORS = ("BIDS.MANDATORY_FILE_MISSING_PLACEHOLDER",)
@@ -114,6 +119,39 @@ def _validate(self) -> None:
                 # deno-compiled BIDS validator
                 self._dataset_errors = bids_validate(self.bids_root)
 
+                # Add HINT for dandiset.yaml errors
+                # If any error is about the dandiset metadata file, add a HINT
+                # suggesting to add it to .bidsignore
+                additional_hints = []
+                for result in self._dataset_errors:
+                    is_dandiset_yaml_error = (
+                        result.path is not None
+                        and result.path.relative_to(self.bids_root).as_posix()
+                        == dandiset_metadata_file
+                    )
+                    if is_dandiset_yaml_error:
+                        hint = ValidationResult(
+                            id="DANDI.BIDSIGNORE_DANDISET_YAML",
+                            origin=ORIGIN_VALIDATION_DANDI_LAYOUT,
+                            scope=Scope.DATASET,
+                            origin_result=result,
+                            severity=Severity.HINT,
+                            dandiset_path=result.dandiset_path,
+                            dataset_path=result.dataset_path,
+                            path=result.path,
+                            message=(
+                                f"Consider creating or updating a `.bidsignore` file "
+                                f"in the root of your BIDS dataset to ignore "
+                                f"`{dandiset_metadata_file}`. "
+                                f"Add the following line to `.bidsignore`:\n"
+                                f"{dandiset_metadata_file}"
+                            ),
+                        )
+                        additional_hints.append(hint)
+
+                # Add hints to the dataset errors
+                self._dataset_errors.extend(additional_hints)
+
                 # Categorized validation results related to individual assets by the
                 # path of the asset in the BIDS dataset
                 self._asset_errors = defaultdict(list)
diff --git a/dandi/tests/test_validate.py b/dandi/tests/test_validate.py
index 5b240eff8..703de8730 100644
--- a/dandi/tests/test_validate.py
+++ b/dandi/tests/test_validate.py
@@ -114,11 +114,30 @@ def mock_bids_validate(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> list[ValidationResult]:
     assert err.dataset_path is not None
     assert err.path.relative_to(err.dataset_path).as_posix() == dandiset_metadata_file
 
+    # The error message should be the original BIDS error, not modified
     assert err.message is not None
-    assert err.message.startswith(
-        f"The dandiset metadata file, `{dandiset_metadata_file}`, is not a part of "
-        f"BIDS specification."
+    # We just check that it's about dandiset.yaml, not checking exact message
+    # since it comes from BIDS validator
+
+    # Check that there is also a HINT about .bidsignore
+    validation_hints = [
+        r
+        for r in validation_results
+        if r.severity is not None and r.severity == Severity.HINT
+    ]
+
+    # Assert that there is at least one hint
+    assert len(validation_hints) >= 1
+
+    # Find the hint about .bidsignore for dandiset.yaml
+    bidsignore_hint = next(
+        (h for h in validation_hints if h.id == "DANDI.BIDSIGNORE_DANDISET_YAML"),
+        None,
     )
+    assert bidsignore_hint is not None
+    assert bidsignore_hint.message is not None
+    assert ".bidsignore" in bidsignore_hint.message
+    assert dandiset_metadata_file in bidsignore_hint.message
 
 
 def test_validate_bids_onefile(bids_error_examples: Path, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
diff --git a/dandi/validate.py b/dandi/validate.py
index e67dfb383..3b4dae26f 100644
--- a/dandi/validate.py
+++ b/dandi/validate.py
@@ -186,22 +186,6 @@ def validate(
             ):
                 r_id = id(r)
                 if r_id not in df_result_ids:
-                    # If the error is about the dandiset metadata file, modify
-                    # the message in the validation to give the context of DANDI
-                    if (
-                        r.path is not None
-                        and r.dataset_path is not None
-                        and r.path.relative_to(r.dataset_path).as_posix()
-                        == dandiset_metadata_file
-                    ):
-                        r.message = (
-                            f"The dandiset metadata file, `{dandiset_metadata_file}`, "
-                            f"is not a part of BIDS specification. Please include a "
-                            f"`.bidsignore` file with specification to ignore the "
-                            f"metadata file in your dataset. For more details, see "
-                            f"https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-specification/"
-                            f"issues/131#issuecomment-461060166."
-                        )
                     df_results.append(r)
                     df_result_ids.add(r_id)
                     yield r