diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index 8ba83b1e0..5ef03488d 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
        ;;elm               ; care for a cup of TEA?
        emacs-lisp        ; drown in parentheses
        ;;ess               ; emacs speaks statistics
-       ;; fsharp           ; ML stands for Microsoft's Language
+       ;;fsharp           ; ML stands for Microsoft's Language
        ;;go                ; the hipster dialect
        ;;(haskell +intero) ; a language that's lazier than I am
        ;;hy                ; readability of scheme w/ speed of python
diff --git a/modules/lang/fsharp/doctor.el b/modules/lang/fsharp/doctor.el
index c949c5b74..86c633457 100644
--- a/modules/lang/fsharp/doctor.el
+++ b/modules/lang/fsharp/doctor.el
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ;;; lang/fsharp/doctor.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-(unless (-any #'fsharp-mode--executable-find '("fsharpc" "fsc"))
-  (warn! "Cannot find the F# compiler. Most features will not work."))
+(when (require 'fsharp-mode nil t)
+  (unless (cl-some #'fsharp-mode--executable-find '("fsharpc" "fsc"))
+    (warn! "Cannot find the F# compiler. Most features will not work.")))