diff --git a/code/game/world.dm b/code/game/world.dm
index 0eeb29fa50..a1fcc364cd 100644
--- a/code/game/world.dm
+++ b/code/game/world.dm
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@
 			if(query_db_version.NextRow())
 				var/db_major = text2num(query_db_version.item[1])
 				var/db_minor = text2num(query_db_version.item[2])
-				if(db_major < DB_MAJOR_VERSION || db_minor < DB_MINOR_VERSION)
-					message_admins("Database schema ([db_major].[db_minor]) is behind latest schema version ([DB_MAJOR_VERSION].[DB_MINOR_VERSION]), this may lead to undefined behaviour or errors")
-					log_sql("Database schema ([db_major].[db_minor]) is behind latest schema version ([DB_MAJOR_VERSION].[DB_MINOR_VERSION]), this may lead to undefined behaviour or errors")
+				if(db_major != DB_MAJOR_VERSION || db_minor != DB_MINOR_VERSION)
+					var/which = "behind"
+					if(db_major < DB_MAJOR_VERSION || db_minor < DB_MINOR_VERSION)
+						which = "ahead of"
+					message_admins("Database schema ([db_major].[db_minor]) is [which] the latest schema version ([DB_MAJOR_VERSION].[DB_MINOR_VERSION]), this may lead to undefined behaviour or errors")
+					log_sql("Database schema ([db_major].[db_minor]) is [which] the latest schema version ([DB_MAJOR_VERSION].[DB_MINOR_VERSION]), this may lead to undefined behaviour or errors")
 			else
 				message_admins("Could not get schema version from database")
 		else