diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/display-warning-remove-erroneous-space.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/display-warning-remove-erroneous-space.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9463d67344e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/display-warning-remove-erroneous-space.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - display - remove leading space when displaying WARNING messages
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/display.py b/lib/ansible/utils/display.py
index f06777de885..9fa31a8a4db 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/utils/display.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/display.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class Display(with_metaclass(Singleton, object)):
     def warning(self, msg, formatted=False):
 
         if not formatted:
-            new_msg = "\n[WARNING]: %s" % msg
+            new_msg = "[WARNING]: %s" % msg
             wrapped = textwrap.wrap(new_msg, self.columns)
             new_msg = "\n".join(wrapped) + "\n"
         else: