diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java
index b515c1bceb4..90de51d9bfc 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/logging/ControllerLogger.java
@@ -3755,4 +3755,10 @@ OperationFailedRuntimeException capabilityAlreadyRegisteredInContext(String capa
 
     @Message(id = 505, value = "Unsuported deployment yaml file %s with attributes %s")
     IllegalArgumentException unsupportedDeployment(String deployment, Set<String> attribues);
+
+    @Message(id = 506, value = "The yaml element \"%s\" and its sub-elements are ignored.")
+    String ignoreYamlElement(String element);
+
+    @Message(id = NONE, value = "Thus ignoring element \"%s\".")
+    String ignoreYamlSubElement(String element);
 }
diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java
index a5c1c443e54..8577476ee56 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/persistence/yaml/YamlConfigurationExtension.java
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ private void load() {
         for (Path file : files) {
             if (file != null && Files.exists(file) && Files.isRegularFile(file)) {
                 Map<String, Object> yamlConfig = Collections.emptyMap();
+                 Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new OperationConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
                 try (InputStream inputStream = Files.newInputStream(file)) {
-                    Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new OperationConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
                     yamlConfig = yaml.load(inputStream);
                 } catch (IOException ioex) {
                     throw MGMT_OP_LOGGER.failedToParseYamlConfigurationFile(file.toAbsolutePath().toString(), ioex);
@@ -112,9 +112,16 @@ private void load() {
                 if (yamlConfig.containsKey(CONFIGURATION_ROOT_KEY)) {
                     Map<String, Object> config = (Map<String, Object>) yamlConfig.get(CONFIGURATION_ROOT_KEY);
                     for (String excluded : EXCLUDED_ELEMENTS) {
+                        boolean isPresent = config.containsKey(excluded);
                         Object value = config.remove(excluded);
                         if(value != null && value instanceof Map && DEPLOYMENT.equals(excluded)) {
                            deployments.putAll((Map<String, Object>) value);
+                        } else if (isPresent) {
+                            String message = MGMT_OP_LOGGER.ignoreYamlElement(excluded);
+                            if(value != null) {
+                                message = message + MGMT_OP_LOGGER.ignoreYamlSubElement(yaml.dump(value).trim());
+                            }
+                            MGMT_OP_LOGGER.warn(message);
                         }
                     }
                     parsedFiles.add(file.toAbsolutePath().toString());