diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStarter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStarter.java
index e715747..fc88c34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStarter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/ReplicationStarter.java
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@
           processing.writeStdErr("We are interrupted while waiting replication to complete");
         }
       } else {
-        processing.writeStdOut("Nothing to replicate");
+        processing.writeStdOut(
+            "WARNING: No replication scheduled. No configured destination matched the requested"
+                + " projects, ref, URL, or remote, or the destination's authGroup cannot read"
+                + " them");
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/Documentation/cmd-start.md b/src/main/resources/Documentation/cmd-start.md
index 47989a1..724728e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/Documentation/cmd-start.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/Documentation/cmd-start.md
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
 	replication on just the affected project can update the
 	mirrors.
 
-If you get message "Nothing to replicate" while running this command,
-it may be caused by several reasons, such as you give a wrong url
+If you get message "WARNING: No replication scheduled" while running this
+command, it may be caused by several reasons, such as you give a wrong url
 pattern in command options, or the authGroup in the `replication.config`
 has no read access for the replicated projects.