diff --git a/src/httprpc.cpp b/src/httprpc.cpp
index 6d2dffaf7a1..0ec3ea9caa3 100644
--- a/src/httprpc.cpp
+++ b/src/httprpc.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ static bool InitRPCAuthentication()
             LogInfo("Using random cookie authentication.");
         }
     } else {
-        LogPrintf("Config options rpcuser and rpcpassword will soon be deprecated. Locally-run instances may remove rpcuser to use cookie-based auth, or may be replaced with rpcauth. Please see share/rpcauth for rpcauth auth generation.\n");
+        LogInfo("Using rpcuser/rpcpassword authentication.");
+        LogWarning("The use of rpcuser/rpcpassword is less secure, because credentials are configured in plain text. It is recommended that locally-run instances switch to cookie-based auth, or otherwise to use hashed rpcauth credentials. See share/rpcauth in the source directory for more information.");
         strRPCUserColonPass = gArgs.GetArg("-rpcuser", "") + ":" + gArgs.GetArg("-rpcpassword", "");
     }