diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/hooks/sbang.py b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/sbang.py
index 6f9736a018fa28379a91ae99d2c12fac9aade113..51909794625cb9508c6d87580fe575633402e602 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/hooks/sbang.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/hooks/sbang.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def filter_shebang(path):
     if saved_mode is not None:
         os.chmod(path, saved_mode)
 
-    tty.warn("Patched overlong shebang in %s" % path)
+    tty.msg("Patched long shebang in %s" % path)
 
 
 def filter_shebangs_in_directory(directory, filenames=None):