diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/automatic_renewals.pl b/misc/cronjobs/automatic_renewals.pl
index faa3cdf43d..53c906c503 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/automatic_renewals.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/automatic_renewals.pl
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ END_WARN
 # Since advance notice options are not visible in the web-interface
 # unless EnhancedMessagingPreferences is on, let the user know that
 # this script probably isn't going to do much
-if ( !C4::Context->preference('EnhancedMessagingPreferences') ) {
+if ( !C4::Context->preference('EnhancedMessagingPreferences') && $verbose ) {
     warn <<'END_WARN';
 
 The "EnhancedMessagingPreferences" syspref is off.