The present disclosure relates to a fingerprint entry prompting method and device, pertaining to the field of pattern recognition technologies. The method includes: receiving (101) an i th fingerprint image entered, when collecting a fingerprint template to be generated by combining N fingerprint images entered in sequence, where N≥i≥2, and N and i are integers; acquiring (102) an overlap region between the i th fingerprint image entered and a determined template image, wherein the determined template image is an image generated by combining previous (i-1) fingerprint images entered; and presenting (103) a first prompting message when the overlap region satisfies a prompting condition, wherein the first prompting message is used for instructing to move a finger towards a specified direction and re-enter an i th fingerprint image.