diff --git a/bin/haspywin.py b/bin/haspywin.py
index e19d902e28..c40eefdd32 100644
--- a/bin/haspywin.py
+++ b/bin/haspywin.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def getpywin():
     try:
         import win32con  # noqa: F401
     except ImportError:
+        print("pyWin32 not installed but is required...\nInstalling via pip:")
         subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "-q", "install", "--upgrade", "pip"])
         subprocess.check_call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "-q", "install", "pywin32"])