diff --git a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java
index 7adc9b3f6..06ba70786 100644
--- a/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java
+++ b/liberty-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/maven/server/DevMojo.java
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ public boolean recompileBuildFile(File buildFile, Set<String> compileArtifactPat
                 Set<Path> oldMonitoredWebResourceDirs = new HashSet<Path>(this.monitoredWebResourceDirs);
                 Set<Path> newMonitoredWebResourceDirs = new HashSet<Path>(LooseWarApplication.getWebSourceDirectoriesToMonitor(project));
                 if (!oldMonitoredWebResourceDirs.equals(newMonitoredWebResourceDirs)) {
-                    getLog().warn("Change detected in the set of filtered web resource directories.  Adding/deleting such a directory has no change on the set of directories monitored by dev mode.  Changing the watch list will require a dev mode restart");
+                    getLog().warn("Change detected in the set of filtered web resource directories, since dev mode was first launched.  Adding/deleting a web resource directory has no change on the set of directories monitored by dev mode.  Changing the watch list will require a dev mode restart");
                 }
                 
                 // convert to Path, which seems to offer more reliable cross-platform, relative path comparison, then compare
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ public boolean recompileBuildFile(File buildFile, Set<String> compileArtifactPat
                 Set<Path> newResourceDirs = new HashSet<Path>();
                 project.getResources().forEach(r -> newResourceDirs.add(Paths.get(r.getDirectory())));
                 if (!oldResourceDirs.equals(newResourceDirs)) {
-                    getLog().warn("Change detected in the set of resource directories.  Adding/deleting such a directory has no change on the set of directories monitored by dev mode.  Changing the watch list will require a dev mode restart");
+                    getLog().warn("Change detected in the set of resource directories, since dev mode was first launched. Adding/deleting a resource directory has no change on the set of directories monitored by dev mode.  Changing the watch list will require a dev mode restart");
                 }                
                 
                 if (restartServer) {