diff --git a/lib/dependencies/inspect-implementation.ts b/lib/dependencies/inspect-implementation.ts
index 2a45649f..b08fe183 100644
--- a/lib/dependencies/inspect-implementation.ts
+++ b/lib/dependencies/inspect-implementation.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export async function inspectInstalledDeps(
         } else {
           errMsg += '\nPlease run `pip install -r ' + targetFile + '`.';
         }
-        errMsg += ' If the issue persists try again with --allow-missing.';
+        errMsg += ' If the issue persists try again with --skip-unresolved.';
         throw new Error(errMsg);
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/inspect.test.js b/test/inspect.test.js
index f715e15e..7cb2311e 100644
--- a/test/inspect.test.js
+++ b/test/inspect.test.js
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ test('transitive dep not installed', (t) => {
           t.equal(
             normalize(error.message),
             'Required packages missing: markupsafe\n\nPlease run `pip install -r requirements.txt`. ' +
-              'If the issue persists try again with --allow-missing.'
+              'If the issue persists try again with --skip-unresolved.'
           );
           t.end();
         });
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ test('deps not installed', (t) => {
       t.equal(
         normalize(error.message),
         'Required packages missing: awss\n\nPlease run `pip install -r requirements.txt`. ' +
-          'If the issue persists try again with --allow-missing.'
+          'If the issue persists try again with --skip-unresolved.'
       );
       t.end();
     });