lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
index 29388ad6ddd10b7f352f143c51d732b690291c8c..6e710cd59794f485faefd9973b3f1f0818da3489 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ 			if ($jobs == 0) {
 				$v2w->{parallel} = 0;
 			} else {
 				my $n = $v2w->{shards};
-				if ($jobs != ($n + 1)) {
+				if ($jobs != ($n + 1) && !$opt->{reshard}) {
 					warn
 "Unable to respect --jobs=$jobs, inbox was created with $n shards\n";
 				}