diff --git a/pkg/action/action.go b/pkg/action/action.go
index 8418a4c27..bf08dfce0 100644
--- a/pkg/action/action.go
+++ b/pkg/action/action.go
@@ -425,3 +425,8 @@ func (cfg *Configuration) Init(getter genericclioptions.RESTClientGetter, namesp
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func warning(format string, v ...interface{}) {
+	format = fmt.Sprintf("WARNING: %s\n", format)
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format, v...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/action/install.go b/pkg/action/install.go
index ef3f0fdc7..27794a2bd 100644
--- a/pkg/action/install.go
+++ b/pkg/action/install.go
@@ -759,6 +759,11 @@ func (c *ChartPathOptions) LocateChart(name string, settings *cli.EnvSettings) (
 				return "", err
 			}
 		}
+		if c.RepoURL != "" {
+			warning("Chart found at local path '%v'. Ignoring Repository URL '%v.'",
+				abs,
+				c.RepoURL)
+		}
 		return abs, nil
 	}
 	if filepath.IsAbs(name) || strings.HasPrefix(name, ".") {