diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 38bceae30..a6477e256 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: mia
 Type: Package
-Version: 1.19.6
+Version: 1.19.7
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Tuomas", family = "Borman", role = c("aut", "cre"),
              email = "tuomas.v.borman@utu.fi",
diff --git a/R/transformCounts.R b/R/transformCounts.R
index 8ae315fdf..abb4e6e14 100644
--- a/R/transformCounts.R
+++ b/R/transformCounts.R
@@ -687,7 +687,9 @@ setMethod("transformAssay", signature = c(x = "SingleCellExperiment"),
         if( pseudocount && all(mat > 0, na.rm = TRUE) ){
             pseudocount <- 0
             message("The assay contains already only strictly positive ",
-                    "values. Pseudocount is not added.")
+                    "values. It is not recommended to add pseudocount",
+		    "in such case. To force adding pseudocount you can",
+		    "provide a numeric value for the pseudocount argument.")
         }
         # If pseudocount TRUE, set it to half of non-zero minimum value
         # else set it to zero.