diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb b/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
index 35f7354b63..e83211fa91 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/blacklist.rb
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ def blacklisted? name
 
     We recommend using a MacTeX distribution: http://www.tug.org/mactex/
     EOS
-  when 'mercurial', 'hg' then <<-EOS.undent
-    Install Mercurial with pip:
-
-        easy_install pip && pip install Mercurial
-
-    Or easy_install:
-
-        easy_install Mercurial
-    EOS
   when 'pip' then <<-EOS.undent
     Install pip with easy_install:
 
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 2dffccea53..a170459e68 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class MercurialDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
   def cached_location; @clone; end
 
   def fetch
-    raise "You must `easy_install mercurial'" unless system "/usr/bin/which hg"
+    raise "You must install Mercurial: brew install mercurial" unless system "/usr/bin/which hg"
 
     ohai "Cloning #{@url}"