diff --git a/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py b/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py
index 95f9ffe..15e3984 100644
--- a/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py
+++ b/oslo/concurrency/lockutils.py
@@ -358,10 +358,10 @@ def _lock_wrapper(argv):
     """Create a dir for locks and pass it to command from arguments
 
     This is exposed as a console script entry point named
-    oslo-concurrency-lock-wrapper
+    lockutils-wrapper
 
     If you run this:
-        oslo-concurrency-lock-wrapper python setup.py testr <etc>
+        lockutils-wrapper python setup.py testr <etc>
 
     a temporary directory will be created for all your locks and passed to all
     your tests in an environment variable. The temporary dir will be deleted
@@ -379,3 +379,9 @@ def _lock_wrapper(argv):
 
 def main():
     sys.exit(_lock_wrapper(sys.argv))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise NotImplementedError(_('Calling lockutils directly is no longer '
+                                'supported.  Please use the '
+                                'lockutils-wrapper console script instead.'))
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py b/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py
index 7d85029..57a2f9e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_lockutils.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import shutil
 import signal
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
@@ -520,6 +521,13 @@ class LockutilsModuleTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
         retval = lockutils._lock_wrapper(argv)
         self.assertEqual(retval, 1)
 
+    def test_direct_call_explodes(self):
+        cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', 'oslo.concurrency.lockutils']
+        with open(os.devnull, 'w') as devnull:
+            retval = subprocess.call(cmd, stderr=devnull)
+            # 1 for Python 2.7 and 3.x, 255 for 2.6
+            self.assertIn(retval, [1, 255])
+
 
 class TestLockFixture(test_base.BaseTestCase):