diff --git a/messages/envVars.md b/messages/envVars.md
index 4b1e39f02..64f1b1581 100644
--- a/messages/envVars.md
+++ b/messages/envVars.md
@@ -314,4 +314,4 @@ Your environment has both variables populated, and with different values. The va
 
 # sfCapitalizeRecordTypes
 
-Boolean indicating whether or not to capitalize object settings.
+Whether record types are capitalized on scrach org creation.
diff --git a/messages/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.md b/messages/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b2eb5da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messages/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# noCapitalizeRecordTypeConfigVar
+
+Record types defined in the scratch org definition file will stop being capitalized by default in a future release.
+Set the `org-capitalize-record-types` config var to `true` to enforce capitalization.
diff --git a/src/org/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.ts b/src/org/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.ts
index 6b6c012ec..1d9d62d19 100644
--- a/src/org/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.ts
+++ b/src/org/scratchOrgSettingsGenerator.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ import { PollingClient } from '../status/pollingClient';
 import { ZipWriter } from '../util/zipWriter';
 import { DirectoryWriter } from '../util/directoryWriter';
 import { Lifecycle } from '../lifecycleEvents';
+import { Messages } from '../messages';
 import { ScratchOrgInfo, ObjectSetting } from './scratchOrgTypes';
 import { Org } from './org';
 
+Messages.importMessagesDirectory(__dirname);
+
 export enum RequestStatus {
   Pending = 'Pending',
   InProgress = 'InProgress',
@@ -212,9 +215,8 @@ export default class SettingsGenerator {
   }) {
     this.logger = Logger.childFromRoot('SettingsGenerator');
     if (options?.capitalizeRecordTypes === undefined) {
-      void Lifecycle.getInstance().emitWarning(
-        'record types will stop being capitalized by default in a future release.'
-      );
+      const messages = Messages.loadMessages('@salesforce/core', 'scratchOrgSettingsGenerator');
+      void Lifecycle.getInstance().emitWarning(messages.getMessage('noCapitalizeRecordTypeConfigVar'));
       this.capitalizeRecordTypes = true;
     } else {
       this.capitalizeRecordTypes = options.capitalizeRecordTypes;