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diff --git a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
index aab54a7f18..6732977a2b 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ def import_module(name, package=None):
level = 0
if name.startswith('.'):
if not package:
- raise TypeError("relative imports require the 'package' argument")
+ msg = ("the 'package' argument is required to perform a relative "
+ "import for {!r}")
+ raise TypeError(msg.format(name))
for character in name:
if character != '.':
break