diff --git a/cachedb/cachedb.c b/cachedb/cachedb.c
index 30645268c..573017eef 100644
--- a/cachedb/cachedb.c
+++ b/cachedb/cachedb.c
@@ -265,11 +265,11 @@ cachedb_init(struct module_env* env, int id)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	cachedb_env->enabled = 1;
-	if(env->cfg->serve_expired_reply_ttl)
+	if(env->cfg->serve_expired && env->cfg->serve_expired_reply_ttl)
 		log_warn(
 			"cachedb: serve-expired-reply-ttl is set but not working for data "
-			"originating from the external cache; 0 TLL is used for those.");
-	if(env->cfg->serve_expired_client_timeout)
+			"originating from the external cache; 0 TTL is used for those.");
+	if(env->cfg->serve_expired && env->cfg->serve_expired_client_timeout)
 		log_warn(
 			"cachedb: serve-expired-client-timeout is set but not working for "
 			"data originating from the external cache; expired data are used "
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index d1e3b6846..60e61d7b9 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 11 October 2023: Wouter
 	- Fix #949: "could not create control compt".
+	- Fix that cachedb does not warn when serve-expired is disabled about
+	  use of serve-expired-reply-ttl and serve-expired-client-timeout.
 
 10 October 2023: George
 	- Fix infinite loop when reading multiple lines of input on a broken