diff --git a/filebeat/crawler/crawler.go b/filebeat/crawler/crawler.go
index ea7e2e174eff..d298ae13951a 100644
--- a/filebeat/crawler/crawler.go
+++ b/filebeat/crawler/crawler.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/registrar"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cfgfile"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
-	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/cfgwarn"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
 )
 
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@ func (c *Crawler) Start(r *registrar.Registrar, configProspectors *common.Config
 	}
 
 	if configProspectors.Enabled() {
-		cfgwarn.Beta("Loading separate prospectors is enabled.")
-
 		c.prospectorsReloader = cfgfile.NewReloader(configProspectors)
 		prospectorsFactory := prospector.NewFactory(c.out, r, c.beatDone)
 		if err := c.prospectorsReloader.Check(prospectorsFactory); err != nil {
@@ -67,8 +64,6 @@ func (c *Crawler) Start(r *registrar.Registrar, configProspectors *common.Config
 	}
 
 	if configModules.Enabled() {
-		cfgwarn.Beta("Loading separate modules is enabled.")
-
 		c.modulesReloader = cfgfile.NewReloader(configModules)
 		modulesFactory := fileset.NewFactory(c.out, r, c.beatVersion, pipelineLoaderFactory, c.beatDone)
 		if err := c.modulesReloader.Check(modulesFactory); err != nil {
diff --git a/libbeat/cfgfile/reload.go b/libbeat/cfgfile/reload.go
index 916b5e70f41f..5560b2ca5276 100644
--- a/libbeat/cfgfile/reload.go
+++ b/libbeat/cfgfile/reload.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/cfgwarn"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/monitoring"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/paths"
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ func NewReloader(cfg *common.Config) *Reloader {
 		path = paths.Resolve(paths.Config, path)
 	}
 
+	if config.Reload.Enabled {
+		cfgwarn.Beta("Dynamic config reload is enabled.")
+	}
+
 	return &Reloader{
 		registry: NewRegistry(),
 		config:   config,