diff --git a/plugins/tests/test_utils.t b/plugins/tests/test_utils.t
index 8686ad2a..152eb718 100755
--- a/plugins/tests/test_utils.t
+++ b/plugins/tests/test_utils.t
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use Test::More;
 if (! -e "./test_utils") {
-	plan skip_all => "./test_utils not compiled - check ./configure --with-libtap-object is defined";
+	plan skip_all => "./test_utils not compiled - please install tap library to test";
 }
 exec "./test_utils";