diff --git a/.travis/deps.sh b/.travis/deps.sh
index 64671753..ced804fd 100755
--- a/.travis/deps.sh
+++ b/.travis/deps.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 install_osx() {
     brew install sdl2
+    brew install sdl2_ttf
     brew install vde
 }
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 132a7015..5b1015d9 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1622,8 +1622,9 @@ ifneq (,$(BESM6_BUILD))
             $(info *** Info ***)
             $(info *** Info *** OR)
             $(info *** Info ***)
-            $(info *** Info *** Try to influence the HomeBrew package maintainers to add the)
-            $(info *** Info *** libSDL2-ttf development package to provide this functionality.)
+            $(info *** Info *** Install the HomeBrew sdl2_ttf package to provide this)
+            $(info *** Info *** functionality for your OS X system:)
+            $(info *** Info ***       $$ brew install sdl2_ttf)
           endif
         else
           ifneq (,$(and $(findstring Linux,$(OSTYPE)),$(call find_exe,apt-get)))