diff --git a/lib/web/scripts/node-join/install.sh b/lib/web/scripts/node-join/install.sh
index 899d1919d54c1..f1d82b2b3be58 100755
--- a/lib/web/scripts/node-join/install.sh
+++ b/lib/web/scripts/node-join/install.sh
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ EOF
 install_teleport_node_config() {
     log "Writing Teleport node service config to ${TELEPORT_CONFIG_PATH}"
     ${TELEPORT_BINARY_DIR}/teleport node configure \
+      --silent \
       --token ${JOIN_TOKEN} \
       ${JOIN_METHOD_FLAG} \
       --ca-pin ${CA_PINS} \
diff --git a/tool/teleport/common/teleport.go b/tool/teleport/common/teleport.go
index f5ba91e7b5e88..0a40a50b4e6a5 100644
--- a/tool/teleport/common/teleport.go
+++ b/tool/teleport/common/teleport.go
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ func onConfigDump(flags dumpFlags) error {
 				fmt.Fprintf(flags.stdout, "- The Teleport configuration is located at %q.\n", configPath)
 			}
 			if !canWriteToDataDir {
-				fmt.Fprintf(flags.stdout, "- Teleport will be storing data at %q. To change that, run \"teleport configure\" with the \"--data-dir\" flag.\n", flags.DataDir)
+				fmt.Fprintf(flags.stdout, "- Teleport will be storing data at %q. To change that, edit the \"data_dir\" field in %q.", flags.DataDir, configPath)
 			}
 			fmt.Fprintf(flags.stdout, "\n")
 		} else {