diff --git a/lib/ansible/template/safe_eval.py b/lib/ansible/template/safe_eval.py
index 845216b621..19c61c9ea7 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/template/safe_eval.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/template/safe_eval.py
@@ -137,9 +137,8 @@ def safe_eval(expr, locals={}, include_exceptions=False):
         else:
             return result
     except SyntaxError as e:
-        display.warning('SyntaxError in safe_eval() on expr: %s (%s)' % (expr, e))
         # special handling for syntax errors, we just return
-        # the expression string back as-is
+        # the expression string back as-is to support late evaluation
         if include_exceptions:
             return (expr, None)
         return expr