diff --git a/lib/init-action-post.js b/lib/init-action-post.js
index 6a6fe18b9..2e48ce09d 100644
--- a/lib/init-action-post.js
+++ b/lib/init-action-post.js
@@ -169824,7 +169824,7 @@ async function recordOverlayStatus(codeql, config, features, logger) {
       logger.debug(
         `Saved overlay status to the Actions cache: ${JSON.stringify(overlayStatus)}`
       );
-      logger.warning(
+      logger.error(
         "This job attempted to run with improved incremental analysis but it did not complete successfully. This may have been due to disk space constraints: using improved incremental analysis can require a significant amount of disk space for some repositories. This information has been saved to the Actions cache. You can rerun this job to run CodeQL analysis without improved incremental analysis. If you want to enable improved incremental analysis, increase the disk space available to the runner. If that doesn't help, contact GitHub Support for further assistance."
       );
     } else {
diff --git a/lib/init-action.js b/lib/init-action.js
index e352afc76..959d10cb7 100644
--- a/lib/init-action.js
+++ b/lib/init-action.js
@@ -105721,7 +105721,7 @@ async function shouldSkipOverlayAnalysis(codeql, languages, diskUsage, logger) {
     return true;
   }
   logger.debug(
-    "Cached overlay status indicates that building an overlay base database was successful."
+    "Cached overlay status does not indicate a previous unsuccessful attempt to build an overlay base database."
   );
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
index 0bcf3e3fb..dc3a86737 100644
--- a/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
+++ b/src/init-action-post-helper.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ async function recordOverlayStatus(
       logger.debug(
         `Saved overlay status to the Actions cache: ${JSON.stringify(overlayStatus)}`,
       );
-      logger.warning(
+      logger.error(
         "This job attempted to run with improved incremental analysis but it did not complete successfully. " +
           "This may have been due to disk space constraints: using improved incremental analysis can " +
           "require a significant amount of disk space for some repositories. " +
diff --git a/src/overlay/status.ts b/src/overlay/status.ts
index a6873b8e7..76134b3f0 100644
--- a/src/overlay/status.ts
+++ b/src/overlay/status.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export async function shouldSkipOverlayAnalysis(
     return true;
   }
   logger.debug(
-    "Cached overlay status indicates that building an overlay base database was successful.",
+    "Cached overlay status does not indicate a previous unsuccessful attempt to build an overlay base database.",
   );
   return false;
 }