diff --git a/src/node/cli.ts b/src/node/cli.ts
index fdde89797..e3072b1d3 100644
--- a/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ export async function readConfigFile(configPath?: string): Promise<Args> {
     logger.info(`Wrote default config file to ${humanPath(configPath)}`)
   }
 
-  logger.info(`Using config file ${humanPath(configPath)}`)
+  if (!process.env.CODE_SERVER_PARENT_PID) {
+    logger.info(`Using config file ${humanPath(configPath)}`)
+  }
 
   const configFile = await fs.readFile(configPath)
   const config = yaml.safeLoad(configFile.toString(), {