diff --git a/conda_forge_tick/auto_tick.py b/conda_forge_tick/auto_tick.py
index 525833c207..46912c38d2 100644
--- a/conda_forge_tick/auto_tick.py
+++ b/conda_forge_tick/auto_tick.py
@@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ def _run_migrator(
         if package:
             if package not in possible_nodes:
                 logger.info(
-                    f"Package {package} is not a candidate for migration of {migrator_name}"
+                    f"Package {package} is not a candidate for migration of {migrator_name}. "
+                    f"If you want to investigate this, run the make-migrators command."
                 )
                 return 0
             possible_nodes = [package]
diff --git a/conda_forge_tick/make_migrators.py b/conda_forge_tick/make_migrators.py
index fa5171bb4e..099cd0a34b 100644
--- a/conda_forge_tick/make_migrators.py
+++ b/conda_forge_tick/make_migrators.py
@@ -706,7 +706,6 @@ def create_migration_yaml_creator(
 
 def initialize_migrators(
     gx: nx.DiGraph,
-    dry_run: bool = False,
 ) -> MutableSequence[Migrator]:
     migrators: List[Migrator] = []
 
@@ -832,10 +831,7 @@ def load_migrators(skip_paused: bool = True) -> MutableSequence[Migrator]:
 
 def main(ctx: CliContext) -> None:
     gx = load_existing_graph()
-    migrators = initialize_migrators(
-        gx,
-        dry_run=ctx.dry_run,
-    )
+    migrators = initialize_migrators(gx)
     with (
         fold_log_lines("dumping migrators to JSON"),
         lazy_json_override_backends(