diff --git a/lib/utils/unsupported.js b/lib/utils/unsupported.js
index 09d7784dd5125..1ce44e847cafe 100644
--- a/lib/utils/unsupported.js
+++ b/lib/utils/unsupported.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exports.checkForUnsupportedNode = function () {
     var log = require('npmlog')
     var supportedMajors = supportedNode.map(function (n) { return n.ver }).join(', ')
     log.warn('npm', 'npm does not support Node.js ' + process.version)
-    log.warn('npm', 'You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we')
+    log.warn('npm', 'You should probably install a supported version of node as we')
     log.warn('npm', "can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.")
     log.warn('npm', 'Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of ' + supportedMajors + '.')
     log.warn('npm', 'You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/')