diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_db.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_db.py
index 947d8c8edac..40ba37e8c16 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_db.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_db.py
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     if not mysqldb_found:
-        module.fail_json(msg="the python mysqldb module is required")
+        module.fail_json(msg="The MySQL-python module is required.")
 
     db = module.params["name"]
     encoding = module.params["encoding"]
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_replication.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_replication.py
index 2baf14918b8..ca268bb937b 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_replication.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_replication.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def main():
     config_file = module.params['config_file']
 
     if not mysqldb_found:
-        module.fail_json(msg="the python mysqldb module is required")
+        module.fail_json(msg="The MySQL-python module is required.")
     else:
         warnings.filterwarnings('error', category=MySQLdb.Warning)
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
index c9f69b0b3e4..b7803491a3d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_user.py
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ def main():
     sql_log_bin = module.params["sql_log_bin"]
 
     if not mysqldb_found:
-        module.fail_json(msg="the python mysqldb module is required")
+        module.fail_json(msg="The MySQL-python module is required.")
 
     cursor = None
     try:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_variables.py b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_variables.py
index 190fe008006..b22ee2a2739 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_variables.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/database/mysql/mysql_variables.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def main():
     if match('^[0-9a-z_]+$', mysqlvar) is None:
         module.fail_json(msg="invalid variable name \"%s\"" % mysqlvar)
     if not mysqldb_found:
-        module.fail_json(msg="the python mysqldb module is required")
+        module.fail_json(msg="The MySQL-python module is required.")
     else:
         warnings.filterwarnings('error', category=MySQLdb.Warning)