diff --git a/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py b/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py
index fa603a771d..56645128dd 100644
--- a/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py
+++ b/src/aiida/transports/plugins/ssh.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def open(self):
             self._close_proxies()
             raise InvalidOperation(
                 'Error in ssh transport plugin. This may be due to the remote computer not supporting SFTP. '
-                'Try setting it up with the aiida.transports:ssh_only transport from the aiida-sshonly plugin instead.'
+                'Try setting it up with the core.ssh_async transport plugin with openssh backend, instead.'
             )
 
         self._is_open = True