diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 62719d6c6..db0a15105 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -151,13 +151,21 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::check()
                 // was used.
                 if (!_settings._force && checkCount > 11)
                 {
-                    if (_settings._errorsOnly == false)
-                    {
-                        const std::string fixedpath = Path::toNativeSeparators(fname);
-                        _errorLogger.reportOut(std::string("Bailing out from checking ") + fixedpath +
-                                               ": Too many configurations. Recheck this file with --force if you want to check them all.");
-                    }
-
+                    const std::string fixedpath = Path::toNativeSeparators(fname);
+                    ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation location;
+                    location.setfile(fixedpath);
+                    std::list<ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::FileLocation> loclist;
+                    loclist.push_back(location);
+                    const std::string msg("Interrupted checking because of too many #ifdef configurations.\n"
+                                          "The checking of the file was interrupted because there were too many "
+                                          "#ifdef configurations. Checking of all #ifdef configurations can be forced "
+                                          "by --force command line option or from GUI preferences. However that may "
+                                          "increase the checking time.");
+                    ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage errmsg(loclist,
+                                                     Severity::information,
+                                                     msg,
+                                                     "toomanyconfigs");
+                    _errorLogger.reportErr(errmsg);
                     break;
                 }