diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6497-terraform-fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6497-terraform-fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b5119722c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6497-terraform-fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "terraform - fix broken ``warn()`` call (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6497)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/terraform.py b/plugins/modules/terraform.py
index bbafad0e9e..554bb48f8b 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/terraform.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/terraform.py
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def _state_args(state_file):
     if not state_file:
         return []
     if not os.path.exists(state_file):
-        module.warn(msg='Could not find state_file "{0}", the process will not destroy any resources, please check your state file path.'.format(state_file))
+        module.warn('Could not find state_file "{0}", the process will not destroy any resources, please check your state file path.'.format(state_file))
     return ['-state', state_file]