diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 52329ef928dc126fcfc06a6713b4c30d047d9857..e79a45ca0a61abbe92b7221913c3d6a88ac8df2c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ v 8.9.3
   - Reduce overhead and optimize ProjectTeam#max_member_access performance. !4973
   - Use update_columns to by_pass all the dirty code on active_record. !4985
   - Decreased min width of screen to 1280px for pinned sidebar
+  - Fix restore Rake task warning message output !4980
   - Fix encrypted data backwards compatibility after upgrading attr_encrypted gem
   - Update mobile button icons to be more inline with typical UI paradigms
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/gitlab/backup.rake b/lib/tasks/gitlab/backup.rake
index 9ee72fde92f021c9669ac39b1ced24bfe375c5d7..b43ee5b338312ee2e13bc824ce0f23bbe6c1092d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/gitlab/backup.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/gitlab/backup.rake
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ namespace :gitlab do
 
       unless backup.skipped?('db')
         unless ENV['force'] == 'yes'
-          warning = warning = <<-MSG.strip_heredoc
+          warning = <<-MSG.strip_heredoc
             Before restoring the database we recommend removing all existing
             tables to avoid future upgrade problems. Be aware that if you have
             custom tables in the GitLab database these tables and all data will be
             removed.
           MSG
+          puts warning.color(:red)
           ask_to_continue
           puts 'Removing all tables. Press `Ctrl-C` within 5 seconds to abort'.color(:yellow)
           sleep(5)