diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java
index 00e3a340c70..e542d78144f 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class CodegenIgnoreProcessor {
         if (directory.exists() && directory.isDirectory()) {
             loadFromFile(targetIgnoreFile);
         } else {
-            LOGGER.warn("Output directory does not exist, or is inaccessible. No file (.openapi-generator-ignore) will be evaluated.");
+            LOGGER.info("Output directory ({}) does not exist, or is inaccessible. No file (.openapi-generator-ignore) will be evaluated.", baseDirectory);
         }
     }