diff --git a/packages/nx/src/command-line/format.ts b/packages/nx/src/command-line/format.ts
index 8787bf42d0128..8e0157b78bc93 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/command-line/format.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/command-line/format.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export async function format(
   const { nxArgs } = splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
     args,
     'affected',
-    { printWarnings: true },
+    { printWarnings: false },
     readNxJson()
   );
   const patterns = (await getPatterns({ ...args, ...nxArgs } as any)).map(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts
index 3827d9e34522b..3040771488870 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/utils/command-line-utils.ts
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ export function splitArgsIntoNxArgsAndOverrides(
   if (explicitOverrides) {
     overrides = explicitOverrides;
     overrides['__overrides_unparsed__'] = args.__overrides__;
-    if (Object.keys(overridesFromMainArgs).length > 0) {
+    if (
+      Object.keys(overridesFromMainArgs).length > 0 &&
+      options.printWarnings
+    ) {
       const s = Object.keys(overridesFromMainArgs).join(', ');
       output.warn({
         title: `Nx didn't recognize the following args: ${s}`,