diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java
index 55dc05bc1c6b8..8ad9653b47b13 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/diagnostics/rendering/DefaultErrorMessages.java
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ public static DiagnosticRenderer getRendererForDiagnostic(@NotNull UnboundDiagno
         MAP.put(DECLARATION_CANT_BE_INLINED_WARNING, "'inline' modifier is not allowed on virtual enum members. Only private or final members can be inlined. This warning will become an error in K2");
         MAP.put(OVERRIDE_BY_INLINE, "Override by an inline function");
         MAP.put(REIFIED_TYPE_PARAMETER_IN_OVERRIDE, "Override by a function with reified type parameter");
-        MAP.put(NOTHING_TO_INLINE, "Expected performance impact from inlining is insignificant. Inlining works best for functions with parameters of functional types");
+        MAP.put(NOTHING_TO_INLINE, "Unless on a hot path, the expected performance impact from inlining is often insignificant. Inlining works best for functions with parameters of functional types");
         MAP.put(USAGE_IS_NOT_INLINABLE, "Illegal usage of inline-parameter ''{0}'' in ''{1}''. Add ''noinline'' modifier to the parameter declaration", ELEMENT_TEXT, SHORT_NAMES_IN_TYPES);
         MAP.put(USAGE_IS_NOT_INLINABLE_WARNING, "Deprecated usage of inline-parameter ''{0}'' in ''{1}''. Add ''noinline'' modifier to the parameter declaration. See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-52502", ELEMENT_TEXT, SHORT_NAMES_IN_TYPES);
         MAP.put(NULLABLE_INLINE_PARAMETER, "Inline-parameter ''{0}'' of ''{1}'' must not be nullable. Add ''noinline'' modifier to the parameter declaration or make its type not nullable", ELEMENT_TEXT, SHORT_NAMES_IN_TYPES);