diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb b/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
index babca2b813..10e9196f6b 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ def blacklisted? name
     We recommend using a MacTeX distribution: http://www.tug.org/mactex/
     EOS
   when 'pip' then <<-EOS.undent
-    Install pip with easy_install:
-
-        easy_install pip
+    pip is installed by `brew install python`
     EOS
   when 'macruby' then <<-EOS.undent
     MacRuby works better when you install their package:
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
index 5fe6a95532..5d5b5ab0d9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dependencies.rb
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class LanguageModuleDependency < Requirement
       when :lua     then "luarocks install"
       when :node    then "npm install"
       when :perl    then "cpan -i"
-      when :python  then "easy_install"
+      when :python  then "pip install"
       when :rbx     then "rbx gem install"
       when :ruby    then "gem install"
     end