diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 9cf01d74c..98fd50bf3 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ check_salt_master_status() {
 
 check_salt_minion_status() {
 	echo "Checking if the salt minion will respond to jobs" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
-	salt "$MINION_ID" test.ping >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
+	salt "$MINION_ID" test.ping | sed 's/ERROR/WARNING/' >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 	local status=$?
 	if [ $status -gt 0 ]; then
 		return 1;