diff --git a/docsite/latest/rst/gettingstarted.rst b/docsite/latest/rst/gettingstarted.rst
index 8197430f928..ff83caf1600 100644
--- a/docsite/latest/rst/gettingstarted.rst
+++ b/docsite/latest/rst/gettingstarted.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ also need:
 .. note::
 
    If you have SELinux enabled on remote nodes, you will also want to install
-   python-selinux on them before using any copy/file/template related functions in
+   libselinux-python on them before using any copy/file/template related functions in
    Ansible. You can of course still use the yum module in Ansible to install this package on
    remote systems that do not have it.
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_common.py b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
index 062ec0e036c..55f184ff3b1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_common.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_common.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
             if seenabled is not None:
                 (rc,out,err) = self.run_command(seenabled)
                 if rc == 0:
-                    self.fail_json(msg="Aborting, target uses selinux but python bindings (python-selinux) aren't installed!")
+                    self.fail_json(msg="Aborting, target uses selinux but python bindings (libselinux-python) aren't installed!")
             return False
         if selinux.is_selinux_enabled() == 1:
             return True
diff --git a/library/system/selinux b/library/system/selinux
index f852c91ee9f..af5f6efaab7 100644
--- a/library/system/selinux
+++ b/library/system/selinux
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     import selinux
 except ImportError:
-    print "failed=True msg='python-selinux required for this module'"
+    print "failed=True msg='libselinux-python required for this module'"
     sys.exit(1)
 
 # getter subroutines