diff --git a/opal/mca/btl/base/help-mpi-btl-base.txt b/opal/mca/btl/base/help-mpi-btl-base.txt
index 794caeb3c3..5531b1dd3e 100644
--- a/opal/mca/btl/base/help-mpi-btl-base.txt
+++ b/opal/mca/btl/base/help-mpi-btl-base.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
 #                         All rights reserved.
-# Copyright (c) 2008      Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2008-2017 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved
 # $COPYRIGHT$
 #
 # Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ Module: %s
 
 Another transport will be used instead, although this may result in
 lower performance.
+
+NOTE: You can disable this warning by setting the MCA parameter
+btl_base_warn_component_unused to 0.