diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_release.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_release.py
index 9a31d1dc86..004c639f36 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_release.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/github_release.py
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ def main():
     )
 
     if not HAS_GITHUB_API:
-        module.fail_json(msg='Missing requried github3 module (check docs or install with: pip install github3)')
+        module.fail_json(msg='Missing required github3 module (check docs or '
+                             'install with: pip install github3.py==1.0.0a4)')
 
     repo = module.params['repo']
     user = module.params['user']