diff --git a/src/srun/libsrun/opt.c b/src/srun/libsrun/opt.c
index 8c93b76ea0ba872560f65960726695c0d9c18ae9..d4b14a26ce6080f150442a3d1c2e2136557c69df 100644
--- a/src/srun/libsrun/opt.c
+++ b/src/srun/libsrun/opt.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ static void _set_options(const int argc, char **argv)
 			opt.gres = xstrdup(optarg);
 			break;
 		case LONG_OPT_ALPS:
-			verbose("Not running ALPS. --alps option ignored.");
+			error("Not running ALPS. --alps option ignored.");
 			break;
 		case LONG_OPT_REQ_SWITCH:
 			pos_delimit = strstr(optarg,"@");