diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
index a9a9528b669..4a26573132b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/images/images.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func GetEtcdImage(cfg *kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration) string {
 		etcdImageTag = etcdVersion.String()
 	}
 	if warning != nil {
-		klog.Warningln(warning)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("WARNING: %v", warning)
 	}
 	// unless an override is specified
 	if cfg.Etcd.Local != nil && cfg.Etcd.Local.ImageTag != "" {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go
index a627e9003f0..d60e7f8f3f5 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/compute.go
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func getSuggestedEtcdVersion(externalEtcd bool, kubernetesVersion string) string
 		return "N/A"
 	}
 	if warning != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("[upgrade/versions] %v", warning)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("[upgrade/versions] WARNING: %v", warning)
 	}
 	return etcdVersion.String()
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
index b62b3e15476..540c1549fff 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/staticpods.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func performEtcdStaticPodUpgrade(certsRenewMgr *renewal.Manager, client clientse
 			return true, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to retrieve an etcd version for the target Kubernetes version")
 		}
 		if warning != nil {
-			klog.Warningf("[upgrade/etcd] %v", warning)
+			klog.V(1).Infof("[upgrade/etcd] WARNING: %v", warning)
 		}
 	}