diff --git a/lib/packages.js b/lib/packages.js
index 11754a7546..429559b4ba 100644
--- a/lib/packages.js
+++ b/lib/packages.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ var Package = function () {
   self.npmFacade = {
     depends: function (npmDependencies) {
       if (self.npmDependencies)
-        throw new Error("Can only call `Npm.require` once in package " + self.name + ".");
+        throw new Error("Can only call `Npm.depends` once in package " + self.name + ".");
 
       // don't allow npm fuzzy versions so that there is complete
       // consistency when deploying a meteor app
diff --git a/packages/email/package.js b/packages/email/package.js
index bf66ca2647..226a2456e4 100644
--- a/packages/email/package.js
+++ b/packages/email/package.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Package.describe({
   summary: "Send email messages"
 });
 
+// Pinned at older version. 0.1.16+ uses mimelib, not mimelib-noiconv
+// which is much bigger. We need a better solution.
 Npm.depends({mailcomposer: "0.1.15", simplesmtp: "0.1.25", "stream-buffers": "0.2.3"});
 
 Package.on_use(function (api) {