diff --git a/lua/oil/init.lua b/lua/oil/init.lua
index bac18a3..0be3d27 100644
--- a/lua/oil/init.lua
+++ b/lua/oil/init.lua
@@ -952,7 +952,11 @@ M.setup = function(opts)
       end,
     })
   end
-  if vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin ~= 1 and not config.silence_netrw_warning then
+  if
+    vim.g.loaded_netrwPlugin ~= 1
+    and not config.silence_netrw_warning
+    and config.default_file_explorer
+  then
     vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("FileType", {
       desc = "Inform user how to disable netrw",
       group = aug,
@@ -960,7 +964,7 @@ M.setup = function(opts)
       once = true,
       callback = function()
         vim.notify(
-          "If you expected an Oil buffer here, you may want to disable netrw (:help netrw-noload)\nSet `silence_netrw_warning = true` in oil.setup() to disable this message.",
+          "If you expected an Oil buffer here, you may want to disable netrw (:help netrw-noload)\nSet `default_file_explorer = false` in oil.setup() to not take over netrw buffers, or `silence_netrw_warning = true` to disable this message.",
           vim.log.levels.WARN
         )
       end,