diff --git a/src/client/ruby/onehost b/src/client/ruby/onehost
index 5f33b60143..5b92316399 100755
--- a/src/client/ruby/onehost
+++ b/src/client/ruby/onehost
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ when "delete"
     check_parameters("delete", 1)
     host_id=get_host_id(host, ARGV[0])
     if vms_in_host?(host_id)
+        puts "Host still has associated VMs. It will be disabled instead."
         result=host.disable(host_id)
         if result[0]
             puts "Host disabled" if ops[:verbose]