diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/variable_scope.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/variable_scope.py
index 08be8574f35..91c53f401b2 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/variable_scope.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/variable_scope.py
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ class _VariableStore(object):
     if reuse is True:
       raise ValueError("PartitionedVariable %s does not exist, or was not "
                        "created with tf.get_variable(). Did you mean to set "
-                       "reuse=None in VarScope?" % name)
+                       "reuse=False or reuse=tf.AUTO_REUSE in VarScope?" % name)
 
     slice_dim, slice_shape = _compute_slice_dim_and_shape(
         shape.as_list(), partitions)