diff --git a/functions b/functions
index e095d00..0802e93 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ service_create() {
   mkdir -p "$SERVICE_ROOT/config" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to create service config directory"
   curl -sSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/${PLUGIN_IMAGE_VERSION:0:3}/redis.conf" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" || dokku_log_fail "Unable to download the default redis.conf to the config directory"
   PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
-  [[ -n "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" ]] && PASSWORD="$SERVICE_PASSWORD"
+  if [[ -n "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" ]]; then
+    PASSWORD="$SERVICE_PASSWORD"
+    dokku_log_warn "Specified password may not be as secure as the auto-generated password"
+  fi
   echo "$PASSWORD" > "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
   chmod 640 "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD"
   sed -i.bak "s/# requirepass.*/requirepass ${PASSWORD}/" "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf" && rm "$SERVICE_ROOT/config/redis.conf.bak"