diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index 52683121..7aef694b 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 * [`download`](#download): Download a file using curl
 * [`enable_replica`](#enable_replica): Execute the enable replica puppet command
 * [`filesize`](#filesize): Return the size of a file in bytes
-* [`get_group_rules`](#get_group_rules): Run on a PE primary node to return the rules currently applied to the PE Infrastructure Agent group, along with a warning that they will be o
+* [`get_group_rules`](#get_group_rules): Run on a PE primary node to return the rules currently applied to the PE Infrastructure Agent group
 * [`get_peadm_config`](#get_peadm_config): Run on a PE primary node to return the currently configured PEAdm parameters
 * [`get_psql_version`](#get_psql_version): Run on a PE PSQL node to return the major version of the PSQL server currently installed
 * [`infrastatus`](#infrastatus): Runs puppet infra status and returns the output
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ Path to the file to return the size of
 
 ### <a name="get_group_rules"></a>`get_group_rules`
 
-Run on a PE primary node to return the rules currently applied to the PE Infrastructure Agent group, along with a warning that they will be overwritten
+Run on a PE primary node to return the rules currently applied to the PE Infrastructure Agent group
 
 **Supports noop?** false
 
diff --git a/plans/convert.pp b/plans/convert.pp
index 3c5a15a7..724e87d3 100644
--- a/plans/convert.pp
+++ b/plans/convert.pp
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@
     # the existing groups are correct enough to function until the upgrade is
     # performed.
     if (versioncmp($pe_version, '2019.7.0') >= 0) {
+      out::message('WARNING: The following existing rules on the PE Infrastructure Agent group will be overwritten with default values:')
       run_task('peadm::get_group_rules', $primary_target)
 
       apply($primary_target) {
diff --git a/plans/upgrade.pp b/plans/upgrade.pp
index c201dbb5..f254aafd 100644
--- a/plans/upgrade.pp
+++ b/plans/upgrade.pp
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
       default                                      => $primary_postgresql_target.peadm::certname(),
     }
 
+    out::message('WARNING: The following existing rules on the PE Infrastructure Agent group will be overwritten with default values:')
     run_task('peadm::get_group_rules', $primary_target)
 
     apply($primary_target) {
diff --git a/tasks/get_group_rules.json b/tasks/get_group_rules.json
index b9034bc4..994d8683 100644
--- a/tasks/get_group_rules.json
+++ b/tasks/get_group_rules.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "description": "Run on a PE primary node to return the rules currently applied to the PE Infrastructure Agent group, along with a warning that they will be overwritten",
+  "description": "Run on a PE primary node to return the rules currently applied to the PE Infrastructure Agent group",
   "parameters": { },
   "input_method": "stdin"
 }
diff --git a/tasks/get_group_rules.rb b/tasks/get_group_rules.rb
index 9aa9eec4..a4f675fa 100755
--- a/tasks/get_group_rules.rb
+++ b/tasks/get_group_rules.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ class GetInfrastructureAgentGroupRules
   def execute!
     infrastructure_agent_group = groups.find { |obj| obj['name'] == 'PE Infrastructure Agent' }
     if infrastructure_agent_group
-      puts 'WARNING: The following existing rules on the PE Infrastructure Agent group will be overwritten with default values:'
       puts JSON.pretty_generate(infrastructure_agent_group['rule'])
     else
       puts JSON.pretty_generate({ 'error' => 'PE Infrastructure Agent group does not exist' })