diff --git a/cmd/zpool/os/freebsd/zpool_vdev_os.c b/cmd/zpool/os/freebsd/zpool_vdev_os.c
index 7d48f61a0e..aa66d29fa6 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/os/freebsd/zpool_vdev_os.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/os/freebsd/zpool_vdev_os.c
@@ -101,3 +101,18 @@ check_sector_size_database(char *path, int *sector_size)
 {
 	return (0);
 }
+
+void
+after_zpool_upgrade(zpool_handle_t *zhp)
+{
+	char bootfs[ZPOOL_MAXPROPLEN];
+
+	if (zpool_get_prop(zhp, ZPOOL_PROP_BOOTFS, bootfs,
+	    sizeof (bootfs), NULL, B_FALSE) == 0 &&
+	    strcmp(bootfs, "-") != 0) {
+		(void) printf(gettext("Pool '%s' has the bootfs "
+		    "property set, you might need to update\nthe boot "
+		    "code. See gptzfsboot(8) and loader.efi(8) for "
+		    "details.\n"), zpool_get_name(zhp));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/os/linux/zpool_vdev_os.c b/cmd/zpool/os/linux/zpool_vdev_os.c
index 55a9367ec1..da87aa79f3 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/os/linux/zpool_vdev_os.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/os/linux/zpool_vdev_os.c
@@ -405,3 +405,8 @@ check_device(const char *path, boolean_t force,
 
 	return (error);
 }
+
+void
+after_zpool_upgrade(zpool_handle_t *zhp)
+{
+}
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
index d7d93c4da3..c915703c09 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_main.c
@@ -8858,7 +8858,7 @@ upgrade_cb(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *arg)
 	upgrade_cbdata_t *cbp = arg;
 	nvlist_t *config;
 	uint64_t version;
-	boolean_t printnl = B_FALSE;
+	boolean_t modified_pool = B_FALSE;
 	int ret;
 
 	config = zpool_get_config(zhp, NULL);
@@ -8872,7 +8872,7 @@ upgrade_cb(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *arg)
 		ret = upgrade_version(zhp, cbp->cb_version);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return (ret);
-		printnl = B_TRUE;
+		modified_pool = B_TRUE;
 
 		/*
 		 * If they did "zpool upgrade -a", then we could
@@ -8892,12 +8892,13 @@ upgrade_cb(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *arg)
 
 		if (count > 0) {
 			cbp->cb_first = B_FALSE;
-			printnl = B_TRUE;
+			modified_pool = B_TRUE;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (printnl) {
-		(void) printf(gettext("\n"));
+	if (modified_pool) {
+		(void) printf("\n");
+		(void) after_zpool_upgrade(zhp);
 	}
 
 	return (0);
@@ -9010,7 +9011,7 @@ upgrade_list_disabled_cb(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *arg)
 static int
 upgrade_one(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *data)
 {
-	boolean_t printnl = B_FALSE;
+	boolean_t modified_pool = B_FALSE;
 	upgrade_cbdata_t *cbp = data;
 	uint64_t cur_version;
 	int ret;
@@ -9038,7 +9039,7 @@ upgrade_one(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *data)
 	}
 
 	if (cur_version != cbp->cb_version) {
-		printnl = B_TRUE;
+		modified_pool = B_TRUE;
 		ret = upgrade_version(zhp, cbp->cb_version);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return (ret);
@@ -9051,7 +9052,7 @@ upgrade_one(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *data)
 			return (ret);
 
 		if (count != 0) {
-			printnl = B_TRUE;
+			modified_pool = B_TRUE;
 		} else if (cur_version == SPA_VERSION) {
 			(void) printf(gettext("Pool '%s' already has all "
 			    "supported and requested features enabled.\n"),
@@ -9059,8 +9060,9 @@ upgrade_one(zpool_handle_t *zhp, void *data)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (printnl) {
-		(void) printf(gettext("\n"));
+	if (modified_pool) {
+		(void) printf("\n");
+		(void) after_zpool_upgrade(zhp);
 	}
 
 	return (0);
diff --git a/cmd/zpool/zpool_util.h b/cmd/zpool/zpool_util.h
index abaa22d78c..493f8cb980 100644
--- a/cmd/zpool/zpool_util.h
+++ b/cmd/zpool/zpool_util.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int check_device(const char *path, boolean_t force,
 boolean_t check_sector_size_database(char *path, int *sector_size);
 void vdev_error(const char *fmt, ...);
 int check_file(const char *file, boolean_t force, boolean_t isspare);
+void after_zpool_upgrade(zpool_handle_t *zhp);
 
 #ifdef	__cplusplus
 }