lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm | 4 ++--

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
index ce720beb6b2febd1439da2e40110fb06401db00b..d99a00b4b471d5983d38c7bd3150ebf0d03928b0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ 			if ($jobs == 0) {
 				$v2w->{parallel} = 0;
 			} else {
 				my $n = $v2w->{shards};
-				if ($jobs != ($n + 1) && !$opt->{reshard}) {
+				if ($jobs < ($n + 1) && !$opt->{reshard}) {
 					warn
-"Unable to respect --jobs=$jobs, inbox was created with $n shards\n";
+"Unable to respect --jobs=$jobs on index, inbox was created with $n shards\n";
 				}
 			}
 		}