diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.rst
index 20526dd184e..8e084b3f4f6 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/dev_guide/developing_modules_best_practices.rst
@@ -59,22 +59,29 @@ Importing and using shared code
 * Use shared code whenever possible - don't reinvent the wheel. Ansible offers the ``AnsibleModule`` common Python code, plus :ref:`utilities <appendix_module_utilities>` for many common use cases and patterns.
 * Import ``ansible.module_utils`` code in the same place as you import other libraries.
 * Do NOT use wildcards (*) for importing other python modules; instead, list the function(s) you are importing (for example, ``from some.other_python_module.basic import otherFunction``).
-* Import custom packages in ``try``/``except`` and handle them with ``fail_json()`` in ``main()``. For example:
+* Import custom packages in ``try``/``except``, capture any import errors, and handle them with ``fail_json()`` in ``main()``. For example:
 
 	.. code-block:: python
 
+	    import traceback
+
+	    from ansible.basic import missing_required_lib
+
+	    LIB_IMP_ERR = None
 	    try:
 	        import foo
-	        HAS_LIB=True
+	        HAS_LIB = True
 	    except:
-	        HAS_LIB=False
+	        HAS_LIB = False
+	        LIB_IMP_ERR = traceback.format_exc()
 
-  Then in main(), just after the argspec, do
+  Then in ``main()``, just after the argspec, do
 
 	.. code-block:: python
 
 		if not HAS_LIB:
-		    module.fail_json(msg='The foo Python module is required')
+		    module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("foo"),
+		                     exception=LIB_IMP_ERR)
 
   And document the dependency in the ``requirements`` section of your module's :ref:`documentation_block`.
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index d673c0f69b9..63a20ea9b82 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -785,6 +785,12 @@ def jsonify(data, **kwargs):
     raise UnicodeError('Invalid unicode encoding encountered')
 
 
+def missing_required_lib(library):
+    hostname = platform.node()
+    return "Failed to import the required Python library (%s) on %s's Python %s. Please read module documentation " \
+           "and install in the appropriate location." % (library, hostname, sys.executable)
+
+
 class AnsibleFallbackNotFound(Exception):
     pass
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/psexec.py b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/psexec.py
index 4a534c63a81..6b1af39aa80 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/psexec.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/psexec.py
@@ -321,10 +321,9 @@ rc:
   sample: 0
 '''
 
-import sys
 import traceback
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, missing_required_lib
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
 
 PYPSEXEC_IMP_ERR = None
@@ -407,9 +406,7 @@ def main():
                              'running as System: process_username, '
                              'process_password')
     if not HAS_PYPSEXEC:
-        module.fail_json(msg="The pypsexec Python module is required to be "
-                             "installed for the Python environment at '%s'"
-                             % sys.executable,
+        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("pypsexec"),
                          exception=PYPSEXEC_IMP_ERR)
 
     hostname = module.params['hostname']
@@ -443,11 +440,8 @@ def main():
 
     if connection_username is None or connection_password is None and \
             not HAS_KERBEROS:
-        module.fail_json(msg="The gssapi Python module with the GGF extension "
-                             "used for kerberos auth is required to be "
-                             "installed for the Python environment at '%s'"
-                             % sys.executable,
-                         exception=KERBEROS_IMP_ERR)
+        module.fail_json(msg=missing_required_lib("gssapi"),
+                         execption=KERBEROS_IMP_ERR)
 
     win_client = client.Client(server=hostname, username=connection_username,
                                password=connection_password, port=port,