diff --git a/gluon/contrib/login_methods/ldap_auth.py b/gluon/contrib/login_methods/ldap_auth.py
index 56f618d7..3b793de1 100644
--- a/gluon/contrib/login_methods/ldap_auth.py
+++ b/gluon/contrib/login_methods/ldap_auth.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ try:
     import ldap.filter
     ldap.set_option(ldap.OPT_REFERRALS, 0)
 except Exception as e:
-    logging.error('missing ldap, try "easy_install python-ldap"')
+    logging.error('missing ldap, try "pip install python-ldap"')
     raise e