diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
index ba32273256f..f0e307cba0b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/module_common.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def _find_snippet_imports(module_data, module_path, strip_comments):
             if " import *" not in line:
                 import_error = True
             if import_error:
-                raise AnsibleError("error importing module in %s, expecting format like 'from ansible.module_utils.basic import *'" % module_path)
+                raise AnsibleError("error importing module in %s, expecting format like 'from ansible.module_utils.<lib name> import *'" % module_path)
             snippet_name = tokens[2].split()[0]
             snippet_names.append(snippet_name)
             output.write(_slurp(os.path.join(_SNIPPET_PATH, snippet_name + ".py")))