diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index d10f93aac1c8215169c3c3c86aef6f1039b52a28..ed9d056d2108a2c4123f63f812fff1c0686392ba 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static void handle_modversion(const struct module *mod,
 	unsigned int crc;
 
 	if (sym->st_shndx == SHN_UNDEF) {
-		warn("EXPORT symbol \"%s\" [%s%s] version ...\n"
+		warn("EXPORT symbol \"%s\" [%s%s] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.\n"
 		     "Is \"%s\" prototyped in <asm/asm-prototypes.h>?\n",
 		     symname, mod->name, mod->is_vmlinux ? "" : ".ko",
 		     symname);