diff --git a/scripts/west_commands/runners/nrf_common.py b/scripts/west_commands/runners/nrf_common.py
index a1832377db5..55789722deb 100644
--- a/scripts/west_commands/runners/nrf_common.py
+++ b/scripts/west_commands/runners/nrf_common.py
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ class NrfBinaryRunner(ZephyrBinaryRunner):
 
         self.ensure_output('hex')
         if IntelHex is None:
-            raise RuntimeError('one or more Python dependencies were missing; '
+            raise RuntimeError('Python dependency intelhex was missing; '
                                'see the getting started guide for details on '
                                'how to fix')
         self.hex_contents = IntelHex()