diff --git a/x2paddle/convert.py b/x2paddle/convert.py
index f4662bf2b0740fe1e0da8103b36c50886aad70ed..585c829654ecce26627fcb5bc56a76c992263dfe 100644
--- a/x2paddle/convert.py
+++ b/x2paddle/convert.py
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ def caffe2paddle(proto, weight, save_dir, caffe_proto):
     if (int(ver_part[0]) == 3 and int(ver_part[1]) >= 6) \
         or (int(ver_part[0]) > 3):
         version_satisfy = True
-    assert version_satisfy, 'The version of protobuf must be \
-        larger than or equal to  3.6.0!'
+    assert version_satisfy, 'google.protobuf >= 3.6.0 is required'
     print("Now translating model from caffe to paddle.")
     model = CaffeDecoder(proto, weight, caffe_proto)
     mapper = CaffeOpMapper(model)