diff --git a/lib/Serverless.js b/lib/Serverless.js
index d4706a312..a11176b3c 100644
--- a/lib/Serverless.js
+++ b/lib/Serverless.js
@@ -214,8 +214,9 @@ class Serverless {
       if (doesDefaultEnvFileExists || doesStageEnvFileExists) {
         this._logDeprecation(
           'LOAD_VARIABLES_FROM_ENV_FILES',
-          'Detected ".env" files. Note that Framework now supports loading variables from those files ' +
-            'when "useDotenv: true" is set (and that will be the default from next major release)'
+          'Detected ".env" files. In the next major release variables from ".env" ' +
+            'files will be automatically loaded into the serverless build process. ' +
+            'Set "useDotenv: true" to adopt that behavior now.'
         );
       }
     }