diff --git a/opal/mca/db/sqlite/help-db-sqlite.txt b/opal/mca/db/sqlite/help-db-sqlite.txt
index 935c14728a..bf66e20371 100644
--- a/opal/mca/db/sqlite/help-db-sqlite.txt
+++ b/opal/mca/db/sqlite/help-db-sqlite.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
  -*- text -*-
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012      Los Alamos National Security, Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 #
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -13,3 +14,8 @@ WARNING: Could not find specified database file
   File: %s
 
 Data logging into sqlite3 has been disabled.
+#
+[cannot-create-sqlite]
+WARNING: The SQLite component failed to initialize.
+
+Data logging into sqlite3 has been disabled.