diff --git a/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go b/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go
index 6ebe7f803..49a9f2684 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/common/util/coalesce.go
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ func coalesceTablesFullKey(printf printFn, dst, src map[string]any, prefix strin
 				printf("warning: cannot overwrite table with non table for %s (%v)", fullkey, val)
 			}
 		} else if istable(dv) && val != nil {
-			// Only warn if the value is a non‑empty map, otherwise skip silently
+			// Suppress warning when user supplies an empty map (nil-like);
+			// still warn for non-map values and non-empty maps.
 			if m, ok := val.(map[string]any); !ok || len(m) > 0 {
 				printf("warning: destination for %s is a table. Ignoring non-table value (%v)", fullkey, val)
 			}