diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition.ts b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition.ts
index 9307790930..219830a8c9 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition.ts
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition.ts
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ export const afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition = async (
   ) {
     try {
       await getPackageVersion(descriptor, workspace.project.configuration);
-      // is there a better way to log than console.log?
-      console.log(
-        `afterWorkspaceDependencyAddition hook: Setting descriptor range from ${descriptor.range} to 'backstage:^' for ${descriptor.scope}/${descriptor.name}`,
+      console.info(
+        `Setting ${descriptor.scope}/${descriptor.name} to ${PROTOCOL}^`,
       );
       descriptor.range = `${PROTOCOL}^`;
     } catch (_error: any) {
diff --git a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement.ts b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement.ts
index a955191244..55a11086fd 100644
--- a/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement.ts
+++ b/packages/yarn-plugin/src/handlers/afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { PROTOCOL } from '../constants';
 export const afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement = async (
   workspace: Workspace,
   _target: suggestUtils.Target,
-  fromDescriptor: Descriptor,
+  _fromDescriptor: Descriptor,
   toDescriptor: Descriptor,
 ) => {
   const toDescriptorRange = structUtils.parseRange(toDescriptor.range);
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ export const afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement = async (
   ) {
     try {
       await getPackageVersion(toDescriptor, workspace.project.configuration);
-      // is there a better way to log than console.log?
-      console.log(
-        `afterWorkspaceDependencyReplacement hook: Setting descriptor range from '${fromDescriptor.range}' to '${toDescriptor.range}' for ${fromDescriptor.scope}/${fromDescriptor.name}.  Are you sure you want to be doing that?`,
+      console.warn(
+        `${toDescriptor.name} should be set to "${PROTOCOL}^" instead of "${toDescriptor.range}". Make sure this change is intentional and not a mistake.`,
       );
     } catch (_error: any) {
       // if there's no found version then this is likely a deprecated package