diff --git a/R/build-metadata.R b/R/build-metadata.R
index 02a1c19..8104ec2 100644
--- a/R/build-metadata.R
+++ b/R/build-metadata.R
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ store_build_metadata <- function(
   if (nrow(existing_entries) >= 1 && !force) {
     cli::cli_alert_info("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Build metadata for {.field {.pkg package_name}} {.field {tag}} already exists.")
   } else {
-    cli::cli_alert_info("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Storing build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}}.")
+    if (!force) {
+      cli::cli_alert_info("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Storing build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}}.")
+    } else {
+      cli::cli_alert_info("{.fun store_build_metadata}: Force overring build metadata for {.field {package_name}} {.field {tag}} because {.code force = TRUE} was set.")
+    }
     # Create a data frame with the metadata
     metadata <- data.frame(
       package_name = package_name,