diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
index 8bae4625af..a7fe08e505 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $(eval $(call RequireCommand,latex, \
 	You need to install LaTeX to build the OpenWrt documentation \
 ))
 $(eval $(call RequireCommand,pdflatex, \
-	You need to install LaTeX to build the OpenWrt documentation \
+	You need to install PDFLaTeX to build the OpenWrt documentation \
 ))
 $(eval $(call RequireCommand,htlatex, \
 	You need to install tex4ht to build the OpenWrt documentation \