diff --git a/src/main/java/htsjdk/variant/vcf/VCFCodec.java b/src/main/java/htsjdk/variant/vcf/VCFCodec.java
index 959b9b5f88..1bde511d4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/htsjdk/variant/vcf/VCFCodec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/htsjdk/variant/vcf/VCFCodec.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public Object readActualHeader(final LineIterator lineIterator) {
                     version = VCFHeaderVersion.toHeaderVersion(lineFields[1]);
                     if (Defaults.LENIENT_VCF_4_4 == true && version == VCFHeaderVersion.VCF4_4 ) {
                         // if lenient is enabled, accept VCFv4.4 as input, but treat it as VCFv4.3, and hope for the best
-                        log.warn("********** WARNING:  VCFv4.4 is not yet supported - processing as VCF4.3!  **********");
+                        log.warn("********** VCFv4.4 is not yet fully supported - processing VCFv4.4 input as VCFv4.3!  **********");
                         version = VCFHeaderVersion.VCF4_3;
                     } else if ( version != VCFHeaderVersion.VCF4_0 && version != VCFHeaderVersion.VCF4_1 && version != VCFHeaderVersion.VCF4_2 && version != VCFHeaderVersion.VCF4_3)
                         throw new TribbleException.InvalidHeader("This codec is strictly for VCFv4 and does not support " + lineFields[1]);