diff --git a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java
index 312eb4a34e37..55fa954595c6 100644
--- a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java
+++ b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/java/JavaBuilder.java
@@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ public class JavaBuilder extends ModuleLevelBuilder {
         if (FILTERED_OPTIONS.contains(userOption)) {
           skip = true;
           targetOptionFound = "-target".equals(userOption);
+          notifyOptionIgnored(context, userOption, chunk);
           continue;
         }
         if (skip) {
@@ -831,6 +832,9 @@ public class JavaBuilder extends ModuleLevelBuilder {
               appender.accept(compilationOptions, userOption);
             }
           }
+          else {
+            notifyOptionIgnored(context, userOption, chunk);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -844,6 +848,12 @@ public class JavaBuilder extends ModuleLevelBuilder {
     return pair(vmOptions, compilationOptions);
   }
 
+  private static void notifyOptionIgnored(CompileContext context, String option, ModuleChunk chunk) {
+    context.processMessage(new CompilerMessage(BUILDER_NAME, BuildMessage.Kind.JPS_INFO,
+      "User-specified option \"" + option + "\" is ignored for \"" + chunk.getPresentableShortName() + "\". This compilation parameter is set automatically according to project settings."
+    ));
+  }
+
   public static void addCompilationOptions(List<? super String> options,
                                            CompileContext context,
                                            ModuleChunk chunk,