diff --git a/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java b/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
index 1a92751a0..78495eebe 100644
--- a/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
+++ b/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGL.java
@@ -1245,7 +1245,8 @@ public class PGL {
     // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4331021/java-opengl-gldrawelements-with-32767-vertices
     //return 32767 < intIdx ? (short)(intIdx - 65536) : (short)intIdx;
     if (32767 < intIdx) {
-      PGraphics.showWarning("P3D: Vertex index is greater than 32767");
+      PGraphics.showWarning("P3D: More than 32767 vertices in a single shape, not all will be drawn.\n" +
+                             "Consider splitting your large shape into multiple smaller shapes.");
       return 32767;
     } else {
       return (short)intIdx;
diff --git a/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java b/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
index cc3b65327..1cef09264 100644
--- a/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
+++ b/java/libraries/opengl/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
@@ -2060,10 +2060,6 @@ public class PGraphicsOpenGL extends PGraphics {
     if (flushMode == FLUSH_CONTINUOUSLY ||
         (flushMode == FLUSH_WHEN_FULL && tessGeo.isFull())) {
 
-      if (flushMode == FLUSH_WHEN_FULL && tessGeo.isOverflow()) {
-        PGraphics.showWarning("P3D: tessellated arrays are overflowing");
-      }
-
       flush();
     }
   }
@@ -2091,10 +2087,6 @@ public class PGraphicsOpenGL extends PGraphics {
     if (flushMode == FLUSH_CONTINUOUSLY ||
         (flushMode == FLUSH_WHEN_FULL && tessGeo.isFull())) {
 
-      if (flushMode == FLUSH_WHEN_FULL && tessGeo.isOverflow()) {
-        PGraphics.showWarning("P3D: tessellated arrays are overflowing");
-      }
-
       flush();
     }    
   }