diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java
index 83f629a7f64..13ccd78c7ec 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/ignore/CodegenIgnoreProcessor.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public CodegenIgnoreProcessor(final String baseDirectory, final String ignoreFil
         if (directory.exists() && directory.isDirectory()) {
             loadFromFile(targetIgnoreFile);
         } else {
-            LOGGER.warn("Output directory does not exist, or is inaccessible. No file (.swagger-codegen-ignore) will be evaluated.");
+            LOGGER.info("Output directory ({}) does not exist, or is inaccessible. No file (.swagger-codegen-ignore) will be evaluated.", baseDirectory);
         }
     }