diff --git a/django/db/backends/base/operations.py b/django/db/backends/base/operations.py
index 3d476b77da..c9dfee444b 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/base/operations.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/base/operations.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseOperations:
             import sqlparse
         except ImportError:
             raise ImproperlyConfigured(
-                "sqlparse is required if you don't split your SQL "
+                "The sqlparse package is required if you don't split your SQL "
                 "statements manually."
             )
         else: