diff --git a/anki/importing/csvfile.py b/anki/importing/csvfile.py
index 00fb0bd91..5714886de 100644
--- a/anki/importing/csvfile.py
+++ b/anki/importing/csvfile.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class TextImporter(Importer):
             except UnicodeDecodeError, e:
                 raise ImportFormatError(
                     type="encodingError",
-                    info=_("The file was not in UTF8 format."))
+                    info=_("Please save in UTF-8 format. Click help for info."))
             if len(row) != self.numFields:
                 log.append(_(
                     "'%(row)s' had %(num1)d fields, "