diff --git a/openai/api_requestor.py b/openai/api_requestor.py
index 64e55e82ef..ea0c7ba957 100644
--- a/openai/api_requestor.py
+++ b/openai/api_requestor.py
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ def handle_error_response(self, rbody, rcode, resp, rheaders, stream_error=False
 
         if "internal_message" in error_data:
             error_data["message"] += "\n\n" + error_data["internal_message"]
+        if "Did you mean to use v1/chat/completions?" in error_data["message"]:
+            error_data["message"] = "Please use ChatCompletion instead of Completion when using the"\
+                                    "'gpt-3.5-turbo' models. For more information see "\
+                                    "https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/chat/introduction."
 
         util.log_info(
             "OpenAI API error received",
diff --git a/openai/tests/test_endpoints.py b/openai/tests/test_endpoints.py
index c3fc1094bb..b023afcb85 100644
--- a/openai/tests/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/openai/tests/test_endpoints.py
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ def test_timeout_raises_error():
             request_timeout=0.01,
         )
 
+def test_calling_chat_completion_incorrectly_raises_helpful_error():
+    with pytest.raises(error.InvalidRequestError) as excinfo:
+        openai.Completion.create(
+            prompt="test",
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+        )
+    assert "ChatCompletion" in str(excinfo.value)
 
 def test_timeout_does_not_error():
     # A query that should be fast