diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/clarify_missing_exe.yml b/changelogs/fragments/clarify_missing_exe.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a087f561b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/clarify_missing_exe.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - get_bin_path, clarify with quotes what the missing required executable is.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/process.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/process.py
index 91e818a023f..f128cd98006 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/process.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/common/process.py
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ def get_bin_path(arg, opt_dirs=None, required=None):
             bin_path = path
             break
     if bin_path is None:
-        raise ValueError('Failed to find required executable %s in paths: %s' % (arg, os.pathsep.join(paths)))
+        raise ValueError('Failed to find required executable "%s" in paths: %s' % (arg, os.pathsep.join(paths)))
 
     return bin_path
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/common/process/test_get_bin_path.py b/test/units/module_utils/common/process/test_get_bin_path.py
index a337e78d5e5..7c0bd0a8db5 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/common/process/test_get_bin_path.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/common/process/test_get_bin_path.py
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ def test_get_path_path_raise_valueerror(mocker):
     mocker.patch('os.path.isdir', return_value=False)
     mocker.patch('ansible.module_utils.common.process.is_executable', return_value=True)
 
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='Failed to find required executable notacommand'):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='Failed to find required executable "notacommand"'):
         get_bin_path('notacommand')