diff --git a/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
index 7c20843925..5f6dfcc449 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py
@@ -89,14 +89,15 @@ class Playbook:
                 self._loader.set_basedir(cur_basedir)
                 raise AnsibleParserError("playbook entries must be either a valid play or an include statement", obj=entry)
 
-            if 'include' in entry or 'import_playbook' in entry:
+            if any(action in entry for action in ('import_playbook', 'include')):
                 if 'include' in entry:
-                    display.deprecated("You should use 'import_playbook' instead of 'include' for playbook includes")
+                    display.deprecated("'include' for playbook includes. You should use 'import_playbook' instead", version="2.8")
                 pb = PlaybookInclude.load(entry, basedir=self._basedir, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=self._loader)
                 if pb is not None:
                     self._entries.extend(pb._entries)
                 else:
-                    display.display("skipping playbook include '%s' due to conditional test failure" % entry.get('include', entry), color=C.COLOR_SKIP)
+                    which = entry.get('import_playbook', entry.get('include', entry))
+                    display.display("skipping playbook '%s' due to conditional test failure" % which, color=C.COLOR_SKIP)
             else:
                 entry_obj = Play.load(entry, variable_manager=variable_manager, loader=self._loader)
                 self._entries.append(entry_obj)