diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
index 167f8a1b18b..7da93a351a2 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/elisp-mode.el
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ Comments in the form will be lost."
                      (:propertize "/d"
                       help-echo "Using old dynamic scoping mode\n\
 mouse-1: Enable lexical-binding mode"
-                      face error
+		      face warning
 		      mouse-face mode-line-highlight
                       local-map ,elisp--dynlex-modeline-map)))
   "Major mode for editing Lisp code to run in Emacs.