diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Driver/mysql/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@
       // The mysqlnd driver supports utf8mb4 starting at version 5.0.9.
       $version = preg_replace('/^\D+([\d.]+).*/', '$1', $version);
       if (version_compare($version, self::MYSQLND_MINIMUM_VERSION, '<')) {
-        $this->fail(t("The MySQLnd driver version %version is less than the minimum required version %minimum_version.", array('%version' => Database::getConnection()->version(), '%minimum_version' => self::MYSQLND_MINIMUM_VERSION)));
+        $this->fail(t("The MySQLnd driver version %version is less than the minimum required version. Upgrade to MySQLnd version %mysqlnd_minimum_version or up, or alternatively switch mysql drivers to libmysqlclient version %libmysqlclient_minimum_version or up.", array('%version' => Database::getConnection()->version(), '%mysqlnd_minimum_version' => self::MYSQLND_MINIMUM_VERSION, '%libmysqlclient_minimum_version' => self::LIBMYSQLCLIENT_MINIMUM_VERSION)));
       }
     }
     else {
       // The libmysqlclient driver supports utf8mb4 starting at version 5.5.3.
       if (version_compare($version, self::LIBMYSQLCLIENT_MINIMUM_VERSION, '<')) {
-        $this->fail(t("The libmysqlclient driver version %version is less than the minimum required version %minimum_version.", array('%version' => Database::getConnection()->version(), '%minimum_version' => self::LIBMYSQLCLIENT_MINIMUM_VERSION)));
+        $this->fail(t("The libmysqlclient driver version %version less than the minimum required version. Upgrade to libmysqlclient version %libmysqlclient_minimum_version or up, or alternatively switch mysql drivers to MySQLnd version %mysqlnd_minimum_version or up.", array('%version' => Database::getConnection()->version(), '%libmysqlclient_minimum_version' => self::LIBMYSQLCLIENT_MINIMUM_VERSION, '%mysqlnd_minimum_version' => self::MYSQLND_MINIMUM_VERSION)));
       }
     }
   }
diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Database/Install/Tasks.php
@@ -151,11 +151,12 @@
     $messages = [];
     foreach ($this->results as $result => $success) {
       if (!$success) {
-        $messages[] = SafeMarkup::isSafe($result) ? $result : '<li>' . SafeMarkup::checkPlain($result) . '</li>';
+        $error = SafeMarkup::isSafe($result) ? $result : SafeMarkup::checkPlain($result);
+        $messages[] = '<li>' . $error . '</li>';
       }
     }
     if (!empty($messages)) {
-      $message = SafeMarkup::set('Resolve all issues below to continue the installation. For help configuring your database server, see the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/getting-started/install">installation handbook</a>, or contact your hosting provider.<ul>' . implode($messages)) . '</ul>';
+      $message = SafeMarkup::set('Resolve all issues below to continue the installation. For help configuring your database server, see the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/getting-started/install">installation handbook</a>, or contact your hosting provider.<ul>' . implode($messages) . '</ul>');
       throw new TaskException($message);
     }
   }