diff --git a/playback/src/audio_backend/portaudio.rs b/playback/src/audio_backend/portaudio.rs
index 35f7852f..5faff6ca 100644
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/portaudio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/portaudio.rs
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ impl<'a> Open for PortAudioSink<'a> {
     fn open(device: Option<String>, format: AudioFormat) -> PortAudioSink<'a> {
         info!("Using PortAudio sink with format: {:?}", format);
 
+        warn!("This backend is known to panic on several platforms.");
+        warn!("Consider using some other backend, or better yet, contributing a fix.");
+
         portaudio_rs::initialize().unwrap();
 
         let device_idx = match device.as_ref().map(AsRef::as_ref) {
diff --git a/playback/src/audio_backend/rodio.rs b/playback/src/audio_backend/rodio.rs
index 6e914ea0..908099f1 100644
--- a/playback/src/audio_backend/rodio.rs
+++ b/playback/src/audio_backend/rodio.rs
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ macro_rules! rodio_sink {
                     AudioFormat::F32 => {
                         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
                         {
-                            warn!("Rodio output to Alsa is known to cause garbled sound on output formats other than 16-bit signed integer.");
-                            warn!("Consider using `--backend alsa` OR `--format {:?}`", AudioFormat::S16);
+                            warn!("Rodio output to Alsa is known to cause garbled sound, consider using `--backend alsa`");
                         }
                     },
                     AudioFormat::S16 => {},