diff --git a/swift/common/db_replicator.py b/swift/common/db_replicator.py
index 2c2f57bd7e..fa180b6f47 100644
--- a/swift/common/db_replicator.py
+++ b/swift/common/db_replicator.py
@@ -198,13 +198,21 @@ class Replicator(Daemon):
         self.max_diffs = int(conf.get('max_diffs') or 100)
         self.interval = int(conf.get('interval') or
                             conf.get('run_pause') or 30)
-        if 'run_pause' in conf and 'interval' not in conf:
-            self.logger.warning('Option %(type)s-replicator/run_pause '
-                                'is deprecated and will be removed in a '
-                                'future version. Update your configuration'
-                                ' to use option %(type)s-replicator/'
-                                'interval.'
-                                % {'type': self.server_type})
+        if 'run_pause' in conf:
+            if 'interval' in conf:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    'Option %(type)s-replicator/run_pause is deprecated '
+                    'and %(type)s-replicator/interval is already configured. '
+                    'You can safely remove run_pause; it is now ignored and '
+                    'will be removed in a future version.'
+                    % {'type': self.server_type})
+            else:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    'Option %(type)s-replicator/run_pause is deprecated '
+                    'and will be removed in a future version. '
+                    'Update your configuration to use option '
+                    '%(type)s-replicator/interval.'
+                    % {'type': self.server_type})
         self.databases_per_second = float(
             conf.get('databases_per_second', 50))
         self.node_timeout = float(conf.get('node_timeout', 10))
diff --git a/swift/obj/reconstructor.py b/swift/obj/reconstructor.py
index 135f9d5f9f..36ab5f3823 100644
--- a/swift/obj/reconstructor.py
+++ b/swift/obj/reconstructor.py
@@ -168,12 +168,19 @@ class ObjectReconstructor(Daemon):
         self.partition_times = []
         self.interval = int(conf.get('interval') or
                             conf.get('run_pause') or 30)
-        if 'run_pause' in conf and 'interval' not in conf:
-            self.logger.warning('Option object-reconstructor/run_pause '
-                                'is deprecated and will be removed in a '
-                                'future version. Update your configuration'
-                                ' to use option object-reconstructor/'
-                                'interval.')
+        if 'run_pause' in conf:
+            if 'interval' in conf:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    'Option object-reconstructor/run_pause is deprecated and '
+                    'object-reconstructor/interval is already configured. '
+                    'You can safely remove run_pause; it is now ignored and '
+                    'will be removed in a future version.')
+            else:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    'Option object-reconstructor/run_pause is deprecated '
+                    'and will be removed in a future version. '
+                    'Update your configuration to use option '
+                    'object-reconstructor/interval.')
         self.http_timeout = int(conf.get('http_timeout', 60))
         self.lockup_timeout = int(conf.get('lockup_timeout', 1800))
         self.recon_cache_path = conf.get('recon_cache_path',
diff --git a/swift/obj/replicator.py b/swift/obj/replicator.py
index 230b2fc797..dcab26fe11 100644
--- a/swift/obj/replicator.py
+++ b/swift/obj/replicator.py
@@ -148,12 +148,18 @@ class ObjectReplicator(Daemon):
         self.partition_times = []
         self.interval = int(conf.get('interval') or
                             conf.get('run_pause') or 30)
-        if 'run_pause' in conf and 'interval' not in conf:
-            self.logger.warning('Option object-replicator/run_pause '
-                                'is deprecated and will be removed in a '
-                                'future version. Update your configuration'
-                                ' to use option object-replicator/'
-                                'interval.')
+        if 'run_pause' in conf:
+            if 'interval' in conf:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    'Option object-replicator/run_pause is deprecated and '
+                    'object-replicator/interval is already configured. You '
+                    'can safely remove run_pause; it is now ignored and will '
+                    'be removed in a future version.')
+            else:
+                self.logger.warning(
+                    'Option object-replicator/run_pause is deprecated and '
+                    'will be removed in a future version. Update your '
+                    'configuration to use option object-replicator/interval.')
         self.rsync_timeout = int(conf.get('rsync_timeout',
                                           DEFAULT_RSYNC_TIMEOUT))
         self.rsync_io_timeout = conf.get('rsync_io_timeout', '30')