diff --git a/cli/src/common.ts b/cli/src/common.ts
index 205f133c7..9487d2202 100644
--- a/cli/src/common.ts
+++ b/cli/src/common.ts
@@ -516,3 +516,8 @@ export async function checkNPMVersion() {
   }
   return null;
 }
+
+export function electronWarning() {
+  logWarn(`The electron platform is deprecated!`);
+  log(`\nPlease use the Capacitor Community Electron Platform: https://github.com/capacitor-community/electron\n`);
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/add.ts b/cli/src/tasks/add.ts
index 8ce56c6b7..873180f91 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/add.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/add.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { addElectron } from '../electron/add';
 import { addIOS, addIOSChecks } from '../ios/add';
 import { editProjectSettingsAndroid } from '../android/common';
 import { editProjectSettingsIOS } from '../ios/common';
-import { check, checkAppConfig, checkPackage, checkWebDir, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, logWarn, resolvePlatform, runCommand, runPlatformHook, runTask, writePrettyJSON } from '../common';
+import { check, checkAppConfig, checkPackage, checkWebDir, electronWarning, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolvePlatform, runPlatformHook, runTask, writePrettyJSON } from '../common';
 import { sync } from './sync';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -134,8 +134,3 @@ function webWarning() {
   log(`For example, if you have a React or Angular project, the 'web' platform is that project.`);
   log(`To add Capacitor functionality to your web app, follow the Web Getting Started Guide: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/web`);
 }
-
-function electronWarning() {
-  logWarn(`The electron platform is deprecated!`);
-  log(`\nPlease use the Capacitor Community Electron Platform: https://github.com/capacitor-community/electron\n`);
-}
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/copy.ts b/cli/src/tasks/copy.ts
index 6005d1609..676da640b 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/copy.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/copy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Config } from '../config';
-import { checkWebDir, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolveNode, resolvePlatform, runCommand, runPlatformHook, runTask } from '../common';
+import { checkWebDir, electronWarning, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolveNode, resolvePlatform, runPlatformHook, runTask } from '../common';
 import { existsAsync } from '../util/fs';
 import { allSerial } from '../util/promise';
 import { copyWeb } from '../web/copy';
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export async function copy(config: Config, platformName: string) {
     } else if (platformName === config.electron.name) {
       await copyElectron(config);
       await copyCapacitorConfig(config, config.electron.platformDir);
+      electronWarning();
     } else {
       throw `Platform ${platformName} is not valid.`;
     }
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/doctor.ts b/cli/src/tasks/doctor.ts
index 4bafb5c8c..76753badb 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/doctor.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/doctor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Config } from '../config';
-import { log, readJSON, resolveNode, resolveNodeFrom, runCommand } from '../common';
+import { electronWarning, log, readJSON, resolveNode, resolveNodeFrom, runCommand } from '../common';
 import { doctorAndroid } from '../android/doctor';
 import { doctorElectron } from '../electron/doctor';
 import { doctorIOS } from '../ios/doctor';
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export async function doctor(config: Config, platformName: string) {
     await doctorAndroid(config);
   } else if (platformName === config.electron.name) {
     await doctorElectron(config);
+    electronWarning();
   } else if (platformName === config.web.name) {
     return Promise.resolve();
   } else {
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/open.ts b/cli/src/tasks/open.ts
index be1974046..771632151 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/open.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/open.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Config } from '../config';
-import { hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolvePlatform, runPlatformHook, runTask } from '../common';
+import { electronWarning, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolvePlatform, runPlatformHook, runTask } from '../common';
 import { openAndroid } from '../android/open';
 import { openElectron } from '../electron/open';
 import { openIOS } from '../ios/open';
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export async function open(config: Config, platformName: string) {
   } else if (platformName === config.web.name) {
     return Promise.resolve();
   } else if (platformName === config.electron.name) {
+    electronWarning();
     return openElectron(config);
   } else {
     throw `Platform ${platformName} is not valid.`;
diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/update.ts b/cli/src/tasks/update.ts
index 71572918f..ff945a4c0 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/update.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/update.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Config } from '../config';
 import { updateAndroid } from '../android/update';
 import { updateIOS, updateIOSChecks } from '../ios/update';
 import { allSerial } from '../util/promise';
-import { CheckFunction, check, checkPackage, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolvePlatform, runCommand, runPlatformHook, runTask } from '../common';
+import { CheckFunction, check, checkPackage, electronWarning, hasYarn, log, logError, logFatal, logInfo, resolvePlatform, runCommand, runPlatformHook, runTask } from '../common';
 
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export function updateChecks(config: Config, platforms: string[]): CheckFunction
     } else if (platformName === config.web.name) {
       return [];
     } else if (platformName === config.electron.name) {
+      electronWarning();
       return [];
     } else {
       throw `Platform ${platformName} is not valid.`;