diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
index 304a55501ea..aac3186631e 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/tsServer/spawner.ts
@@ -268,14 +268,20 @@ export class TypeScriptServerSpawner {
 
 		args.push('--noGetErrOnBackgroundUpdate');
 
+		const configUseVsCodeWatcher = configuration.useVsCodeWatcher;
+		const isYarnPnp = apiVersion.isYarnPnp();
 		if (
 			apiVersion.gte(API.v544)
-			&& configuration.useVsCodeWatcher
-			&& !apiVersion.isYarnPnp() // Disable for yarn pnp as it currently breaks with the VS Code watcher
+			&& configUseVsCodeWatcher
+			&& !isYarnPnp // Disable for yarn pnp as it currently breaks with the VS Code watcher
 		) {
 			args.push('--canUseWatchEvents');
 		} else {
-			this._logger.info(`<${kind}> Falling back to legacy node.js based file watching...`);
+			if (!configUseVsCodeWatcher) {
+				this._logger.info(`<${kind}> Falling back to legacy node.js based file watching because of user settings.`);
+			} else if (isYarnPnp) {
+				this._logger.info(`<${kind}> Falling back to legacy node.js based file watching because of Yarn PnP.`);
+			}
 		}
 
 		args.push('--validateDefaultNpmLocation');