diff --git a/cmd/outputs.go b/cmd/outputs.go
index b773f5d8ffa6..3f29c3c2a06a 100644
--- a/cmd/outputs.go
+++ b/cmd/outputs.go
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ func getAllOutputConstructors() (map[string]func(output.Params) (output.Output,
 			return newCollectorAdapter(params, influxc), nil
 		},
 		"kafka": func(params output.Params) (output.Output, error) {
-			params.Logger.Warn("The kafka output is deprecated, and will be removed in a future version. " +
-				"Please use the xk6 extension that can be found at https://github.com/k6io/xk6-output-kafka.")
+			params.Logger.Warn("The kafka output is deprecated, and will be removed in a future k6 version. " +
+				"Please use the new xk6 kafka output extension instead. It can be found at https://github.com/k6io/xk6-output-kafka.")
 			return kafka.New(params)
 		},
 		"statsd": func(params output.Params) (output.Output, error) {