1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 03d9dc3527..48a12ee3bc 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -2798,7 +2798,7 @@ rb_reg_initialize_m(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
 		flags |= ARG_ENCODING_FIXED;
 	    }
 	    else {
-		rb_warning("encoding option is obsolete - %s", kcode);
+		rb_warn("encoding option is ignored - %s", kcode);
 	    }
 	}
 	str = argv[0];