diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 21f207a..68742e6 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class mysql::params {
         }
 
         default: {
-          fail("Unsupported osfamily: ${::osfamily} operatingsystem: ${::operatingsystem}, module ${module_name} only support osfamily RedHat, Debian, and FreeBSD, or operatingsystem Amazon")
+          fail("Unsupported platform: puppetlabs-${module_name} currently doesn't support ${::osfamily} or ${::operatingsystem}")
         }
       }
     }
@@ -303,4 +303,8 @@ class mysql::params {
     },
   }
 
+  ## Additional graceful failures
+  if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' and $::operatingsystemmajrelease == '4' {
+    fail("Unsupported platform: puppetlabs-${module_name} only supports RedHat 5.0 and beyond")
+  }
 }
diff --git a/spec/classes/graceful_failures_spec.rb b/spec/classes/graceful_failures_spec.rb
index ff74ad0..d8f22b7 100644
--- a/spec/classes/graceful_failures_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/graceful_failures_spec.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ describe 'mysql::server' do
         let(:facts) { facts }
 
         context 'should gracefully fail' do
-          it { should_not contain_class('mysql::server') }
-          it { should raise_error(/Unsupported osfamily: foo/) }
+          it { expect { should compile}.to raise_error(Puppet::Error, /Unsupported platform:/) }
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/classes/mysql_bindings_spec.rb b/spec/classes/mysql_bindings_spec.rb
index fc2a5a9..0ee2e89 100644
--- a/spec/classes/mysql_bindings_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/mysql_bindings_spec.rb
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe 'mysql::bindings' do
     end
 
     it 'should fail' do
-      expect { subject }.to raise_error(/Unsupported osfamily: foo/)
+      expect { subject }.to raise_error(/Unsupported platform:/)
     end
   end