diff --git a/src/utils/omp.h b/src/utils/omp.h
index 615dbdf51..5eb5612e0 100644
--- a/src/utils/omp.h
+++ b/src/utils/omp.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #else
 #ifndef DISABLE_OPENMP
 // use pragma message instead of warning
-#pragma message ("Warning: OpenMP is not available, xgboost will be compiled into single-thread code. Downgrade your compiler to enable OpenMP support and get benefit of multi-threading.")
+#pragma message ("Warning: OpenMP is not available, xgboost will be compiled into single-thread code. Use OpenMP-enabled compiler to get benefit of multi-threading")
 #endif
 inline int omp_get_thread_num() { return 0; }
 inline int omp_get_num_threads() { return 1; }