diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/cqlshmain.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/cqlshmain.py
index b5536084a9..a9d726cadd 100755
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/cqlshmain.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/cqlshmain.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class Shell(cmd.Cmd):
         if extra:
             baseversion = baseversion[0:extra]
         if baseversion != build_version:
-            print("WARNING: cqlsh was built against {}, but this server is {}.  All features may not work!".format(baseversion, build_version))
+            print("WARNING: cqlsh was built against {}, but this server is {}.  All features may not work!".format(build_version, baseversion))
 
     @property
     def batch_mode(self):