diff --git a/r/R/install-arrow.R b/r/R/install-arrow.R
index 33a3d807ae78c..8ff7d7c9d5db5 100644
--- a/r/R/install-arrow.R
+++ b/r/R/install-arrow.R
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ OR_SEE_DEV_GUIDE <- paste0(
 SEE_ARROW_INSTALL <- paste(
   "See the Apache Arrow project installation page",
   "<https://arrow.apache.org/install/>",
-  "for how to install the C++ package from a PPA."
+  "to find pre-compiled binary packages for some common Linux distributions,",
+  "such as Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, and Fedora."
 )
 
 THEN_REINSTALL <- paste(
diff --git a/r/tests/testthat/test-install-arrow.R b/r/tests/testthat/test-install-arrow.R
index 39d02eda14e6d..434c31dbb89bf 100644
--- a/r/tests/testthat/test-install-arrow.R
+++ b/r/tests/testthat/test-install-arrow.R
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ r_only({
   test_that("Linux on release version gets pointed to PPA first, then C++", {
     expect_match(
       install_arrow_msg(FALSE, "0.13.0", os="linux"),
-      "PPA. Or, see the Arrow C++ developer guide",
+      "Fedora. Or, see the Arrow C++ developer guide",
       fixed = TRUE
     )
   })