@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func applicationSelectors(ns, kind, name string, pods, pvcs []string) []string {
 // application's series.
 func (s *Server) applicationScope(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request, store string, req metricsRequest, ns, kind, name string) ([]string, *HTTPError) {
 	if req.last.IsZero() {
-		return nil, errorf(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "the query reads samples at a time the application scope cannot cover (an @ modifier, or an offset that is not a plain duration); use the namespace root")
+		return nil, errorf(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "the query reads samples at a time the application scope cannot cover (an @ anywhere in the query, WITH with a negative offset, or an offset that is not a plain duration); use the namespace root")
 	}
 	lim := s.cfg.Metrics.App
 	if req.start.IsZero() || req.start.Before(req.from.Add(-lim.Lookback)) {
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`@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func applicationSelectors(ns, kind, name string, pods, pvcs []string) []string {`
`102`	`102`	`// application's series.`
`103`	`103`	`func (s Server) applicationScope(ctx context.Context, r http.Request, store string, req metricsRequest, ns, kind, name string) ([]string, *HTTPError) {`
`104`	`104`	`if req.last.IsZero() {`
`105`		`- return nil, errorf(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "the query reads samples at a time the application scope cannot cover (an @ modifier, or an offset that is not a plain duration); use the namespace root")`
	`105`	`+ return nil, errorf(http.StatusUnprocessableEntity, "the query reads samples at a time the application scope cannot cover (an @ anywhere in the query, WITH with a negative offset, or an offset that is not a plain duration); use the namespace root")`
`106`	`106`	`}`
`107`	`107`	`lim := s.cfg.Metrics.App`
`108`	`108`	`if req.start.IsZero() \|\| req.start.Before(req.from.Add(-lim.Lookback)) {`