diff --git a/xCAT-probe/subcmds/osimagecheck b/xCAT-probe/subcmds/osimagecheck
index ea3c51611..071a6d3ef 100755
--- a/xCAT-probe/subcmds/osimagecheck
+++ b/xCAT-probe/subcmds/osimagecheck
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ sub check_for_valid_osimage_attributes {
         if (($template_file =~ /compute.tmpl/) || ($template_file =~ /service.tmpl/)) {
             if ($template_file !~ /ubuntu/) {
                 # Skip Ubintu osimages, currently ok to have service.tmpl and compute.tmpl for them
-                probe_utils->send_msg("$output", "w", "$osimage_name contains depricated 'template' value \n  $template_file");
+                probe_utils->send_msg("$output", "w", "Default 'template' value is being used by $osimage_name \n".
+                                      "  If this image was generated by 'copycds -n <os version>', make sure the <os version> specified\n".
+                                      "  follows xCAT naming convention (for example 'rhels7.2')");
             }
         }
     }