diff --git a/vllm/platforms/cuda.py b/vllm/platforms/cuda.py
index 84301afabe9d8..bda82d3712f09 100644
--- a/vllm/platforms/cuda.py
+++ b/vllm/platforms/cuda.py
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
 if pynvml.__file__.endswith("__init__.py"):
     logger.warning(
         "You are using a deprecated `pynvml` package. Please install"
-        " `nvidia-ml-py` instead. See https://pypi.org/project/pynvml "
+        " `nvidia-ml-py` instead, and make sure to uninstall `pynvml`."
+        " When both of them are installed, `pynvml` will take precedence"
+        " and cause errors. See https://pypi.org/project/pynvml "
         "for more information.")
 
 # NVML utils