diff --git a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
--- a/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/InputFiles.cpp
@@ -592,8 +592,9 @@
         if (sec.sh_link != 0)
           this->addrsigSec = &sec;
         else if (config->icf == ICFLevel::Safe)
-          warn(toString(this) + ": --icf=safe is incompatible with object "
-                                "files created using objcopy or ld -r");
+          warn(toString(this) + ": --icf=safe conservatively ignores "
+                                ".llvm_addrsig with sh_link=0 "
+                                "(likely created using objcopy or ld -r)");
       }
       this->sections[i] = &InputSection::discarded;
       continue;
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/icf-safe.s b/lld/test/ELF/icf-safe.s
--- a/lld/test/ELF/icf-safe.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/icf-safe.s
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 # ALL-EXPORT:   removing identical section {{.*}}:(.text.non_addrsig2)
 # ALL-EXPORT-NOT: selected section
 
-# OBJCOPY: --icf=safe is incompatible with object files created using objcopy or ld -r
+# OBJCOPY: --icf=safe conservatively ignores .llvm_addrsig with sh_link=0 (likely created using objcopy or ld -r)
 
 .section .text.f1,"ax",@progbits
 .globl f1