diff --git a/snmp-scan.py b/snmp-scan.py
index 565c8bc928..8ab3c3428a 100755
--- a/snmp-scan.py
+++ b/snmp-scan.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ from time import time
 try:
     from ipaddress import ip_network, ip_address
 except:
-    print('Could not import ipaddress module.  Please install python2-ipaddress.')
+    print('Could not import ipaddress module.  Please install python-ipaddress or use python3 to run this script')
+    print('Debian/Ubuntu: apt install python-ipaddress')
+    print('RHEL/CentOS: yum install python-ipaddress')
     exit(2)
 
 Result = namedtuple('Result', ['ip', 'hostname', 'outcome', 'output'])