diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 3c4054a955458..bcd132d4e7bdd 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -924,7 +924,9 @@ static void __init print_unknown_bootoptions(void)
 	for (p = &envp_init[2]; *p; p++)
 		end += sprintf(end, " %s", *p);
 
-	pr_notice("Unknown command line parameters:%s\n", unknown_options);
+	/* Start at unknown_options[1] to skip the initial space */
+	pr_notice("Unknown kernel command line parameters \"%s\", will be passed to user space.\n",
+		&unknown_options[1]);
 	memblock_free_ptr(unknown_options, len);
 }