diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
index d16aded730927..0a1812f85b1d4 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/runtime/arguments.cpp
@@ -2214,11 +2214,11 @@ jint Arguments::parse_each_vm_init_arg(const JavaVMInitArgs* args, JVMFlagOrigin
       if (FLAG_SET_CMDLINE(ThreadStackSize, value) != JVMFlag::SUCCESS) {
         return JNI_EINVAL;
       }
-    } else if (match_option(option, "-Xmaxjitcodesize", &tail) ||
-               match_option(option, "-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=", &tail)) {
-      if (match_option(option, "-Xmaxjitcodesize", &tail)) {
-        warning("Option -Xmaxjitcodesize was deprecated in JDK 26 and will likely be removed in a future release.");
-      }
+    } else if (match_option(option, "-Xmaxjitcodesize", &tail)) {
+      char version[256];
+      JDK_Version::jdk(27).to_string(version, sizeof(version));
+      warning("Ignoring option %s; support was removed in %s", option->optionString, version);
+    } else if (match_option(option, "-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=", &tail)) {
       julong long_ReservedCodeCacheSize = 0;
 
       ArgsRange errcode = parse_memory_size(tail, &long_ReservedCodeCacheSize, 1);