diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/deployments/deploy-stack.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/deployments/deploy-stack.ts
index 701bfcd53..8b6623c3d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/deployments/deploy-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/lib/api/deployments/deploy-stack.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ export async function deployStack(options: DeployStackOptions, ioHelper: IoHelpe
       );
 
       if (hotswapDeploymentResult) {
+        await ioHelper.defaults.info(
+          `Your next non-hotswap deployment with ${stackEnv.name} should include '--revert-drift' to resolve the drift that was introduced while hotswapping.`,
+        );
         return hotswapDeploymentResult;
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/deployments/deploy-stack.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/deployments/deploy-stack.test.ts
index 982be19d8..5929c4397 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/deployments/deploy-stack.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/toolkit-lib/test/api/deployments/deploy-stack.test.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,24 @@ test('correctly passes SSM parameters when hotswapping', async () => {
   );
 });
 
+test('prints revert-drift recommendation on successful hotswap deployment', async () => {
+  givenStackExists();
+  (tryHotswapDeployment as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
+    type: 'did-deploy-stack', noOp: false, stackArn: 'arn:stack', outputs: {},
+  });
+
+  // WHEN
+  await testDeployStack({
+    ...standardDeployStackArguments(),
+    deploymentMethod: { method: 'hotswap' },
+  });
+
+  // THEN
+  expect(ioHost.notifySpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+    message: expect.stringMatching(/should include '--revert-drift' to resolve the drift that was introduced while hotswapping/),
+  }));
+});
+
 describe('hotswap template cache', () => {
   test('writeHotswapTemplateCache is called on a successful hotswap deployment', async () => {
     // GIVEN