--- a/libinterp/octave-value/ov-oncleanup.cc
+++ b/libinterp/octave-value/ov-oncleanup.cc
@@ -111,23 +111,18 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
-static void
-warn_save_load (void)
-{
-  warning ("onCleanup: load and save not supported");
-}
-
 bool
 octave_oncleanup::save_ascii (std::ostream& /* os */)
 {
-  warn_save_load ();
+  warning ("save: unable to save onCleanup variables, skipping");
+
   return true;
 }
 
 bool
 octave_oncleanup::load_ascii (std::istream& /* is */)
 {
-  warn_save_load ();
+  // Silently skip object that was not saved
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -135,7 +130,8 @@
 octave_oncleanup::save_binary (std::ostream& /* os */,
                                bool& /* save_as_floats */)
 {
-  warn_save_load ();
+  warning ("save: unable to save onCleanup variables, skipping");
+
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -143,7 +139,7 @@
 octave_oncleanup::load_binary (std::istream& /* is */, bool /* swap */,
                                oct_mach_info::float_format /* fmt */)
 {
-  warn_save_load ();
+  // Silently skip object that was not saved
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +148,8 @@
                              const char * /* name */,
                              bool /* save_as_floats */)
 {
-  warn_save_load ();
+  warning ("save: unable to save onCleanup variables, skipping");
+
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +157,7 @@
 octave_oncleanup::load_hdf5 (octave_hdf5_id /* loc_id */,
                              const char * /* name */)
 {
-  warn_save_load ();
+  // Silently skip object that was not saved
   return true;
 }