diff --git a/.changes/fix-bundler-updater-artifacts-warning.md b/.changes/fix-bundler-updater-artifacts-warning.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb39ff310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-bundler-updater-artifacts-warning.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+tauri-bundler: patch:bug
+---
+
+On macOS, the bundler will now correctly print a warning when the updater is enabled while the `.app` bundle is disabled.
diff --git a/tooling/bundler/src/bundle.rs b/tooling/bundler/src/bundle.rs
index 35a391b1a..3ca08386b 100644
--- a/tooling/bundler/src/bundle.rs
+++ b/tooling/bundler/src/bundle.rs
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ pub fn bundle_project(settings: &Settings) -> crate::Result<Vec<Bundle>> {
         package_type: PackageType::Updater,
         bundle_paths: updater_paths,
       });
-    } else if updater.v1_compatible {
-      log::warn!("The updater bundle target exists but couldn't find any updater-enabled target, so the updater artifacts won't be generated. Please add one of these targets as well: app, appimage, msi, nsis");
+    } else {
+      log::warn!("The bundler was configured to create updater artifacts but no updater-enabled targets were built. Please enable one of these targets: app, appimage, msi, nsis");
     }
     if updater.v1_compatible {
       log::warn!("Legacy v1 compatible updater is deprecated and will be removed in v3, change bundle > createUpdaterArtifacts to true when your users are updated to the version with v2 updater plugin");