diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py
index eeaaa22e..bf701ce6 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/models/base_external_dbsource.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ try:
         CONNECTORS.append(('mysql', 'MySQL'))
         assert MySQLdb
     except (ImportError, AssertionError):
-        _logger.info('MySQL not available. Please install "mysqldb" '
+        _logger.info('MySQLdb not available. Please install "mysqlclient" '
                      'python package.')
 except ImportError:
     _logger.info('base_external_dbsource Odoo module not found.')
diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst
index 4c24b414..ded84710 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mysql/readme/INSTALL.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 To install this module, you need to:
 
-* Install ``sqlalchemy`` and ``MySQLdb`` python libraries
+* Install ``libmysqlclient-dev`` package (``default-libmysqlclient-dev`` on Debian)
+* Install ``sqlalchemy`` and ``mysqlclient`` python libraries
 * Install ``base_external_dbsource_sqlite`` Odoo module