diff --git a/packages/babel-core/src/config/files/plugins.ts b/packages/babel-core/src/config/files/plugins.ts
index fa707b7aebe1..cf1099134453 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/src/config/files/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-core/src/config/files/plugins.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,22 @@ function* resolveAlternativesHelper(
     error.message += `\n- Did you accidentally pass a ${oppositeType} as a ${type}?`;
   }
 
+  if (type === "plugin") {
+    const transformName = standardizedName.replace("-proposal-", "-transform-");
+    if (transformName !== standardizedName && !(yield transformName).error) {
+      error.message += `\n- Did you mean "${transformName}"?`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  error.message += `\n
+Make sure that all the Babel plugins and presets you are using
+are defined as dependencies or devDependencies in your package.json
+file. It's possible that the missing plugin is loaded by a preset
+you are using that forgot to add the plugin to its dependencies: you
+can workaround this problem by explicitly adding the missing package
+to your top-level package.json.
+`;
+
   throw error;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/resolution/throw-proposal-to-transform/node_modules/@babel/plugin-transform-halting-functions/index.js b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/resolution/throw-proposal-to-transform/node_modules/@babel/plugin-transform-halting-functions/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90cdc52c4182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/fixtures/resolution/throw-proposal-to-transform/node_modules/@babel/plugin-transform-halting-functions/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = function () {
+  return {}
+};
diff --git a/packages/babel-core/test/resolution.js b/packages/babel-core/test/resolution.js
index 614ed63c6e38..d6f95daa84c0 100644
--- a/packages/babel-core/test/resolution.js
+++ b/packages/babel-core/test/resolution.js
@@ -466,6 +466,22 @@ describe("addon resolution", function () {
 
   const nodeGte12 = parseInt(process.versions.node, 10) >= 12 ? it : it.skip;
 
+  nodeGte12(
+    "should suggest -transform- as an alternative to -proposal-",
+    function () {
+      process.chdir("throw-proposal-to-transform");
+
+      expect(() => {
+        babel.transformSync("", {
+          filename: "filename.js",
+          configFile: false,
+          plugins: ["@babel/proposal-halting-functions"],
+        });
+      }).toThrow(
+        /Cannot (?:find|resolve) module '@babel\/plugin-proposal-halting-functions'.*\n- Did you mean "@babel\/plugin-transform-halting-functions"\?/s,
+      );
+    },
+  );
   nodeGte12("should respect package.json#exports", async function () {
     process.chdir("pkg-exports");