diff --git a/etcdmain/config.go b/etcdmain/config.go
index 31241de9c5a..3f1fbd91895 100644
--- a/etcdmain/config.go
+++ b/etcdmain/config.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (cfg *config) parse(arguments []string) error {
 
 	var err error
 	if cfg.configFile != "" {
-		plog.Infof("Loading server configuration from %q", cfg.configFile)
+		plog.Infof("Loading server configuration from %q. Other configuration command line flags and environment variables will be ignored if provided.", cfg.configFile)
 		err = cfg.configFromFile(cfg.configFile)
 	} else {
 		err = cfg.configFromCmdLine()