diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp.go b/baseapp/baseapp.go
index edd49be33fbd..4e8159ce31bf 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp.go
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ func (app *BaseApp) SnapshotManager() *snapshots.Manager {
 // LoadVersion loads the BaseApp application version. It will panic if called
 // more than once on a running baseapp.
 func (app *BaseApp) LoadVersion(version int64) error {
+	app.logger.Info("NOTICE: this could take a long time to migrate IAVL store to fastnode if you enable Fast Node.\n")
 	err := app.cms.LoadVersion(version)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load version %d: %w", version, err)