diff --git a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml
index ebd644d8f..aeb2ffd6c 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/templates/jobs/archetype-sdk-client.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       if [[ `git status | grep modified | awk '{print $2}'` ]]; then
         echo Some files were not formatted correctly according to the .clang-format file.
         echo Please run clang-format version 10 or greater to fix the issue by using this bash command at the root of the repo:
-        echo "find sdk/ -regex '.*\.\(cpp\|hpp\)' -exec clang-format -style=file -i {} \;"
+        echo "find ./sdk \( -iname '*.hpp' -o -iname '*.cpp' \) ! -iname 'json.hpp' -exec clang-format -i {} \;"
         echo ""
         echo "List of files not formatted correctly:"
         git status | grep modified | awk '{print $2}'