diff --git a/pkg/minikube/image/image.go b/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
index 7c68a8c588..4bc72bc01d 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package image
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -93,6 +94,18 @@ func ExistsImageInDaemon(img string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// Tag returns just the image with the tag
+// eg image:tag@sha256:digest -> image:tag if there is an associated tag
+// if not possible, just return the initial img
+func Tag(img string) string {
+	split := strings.Split(img, ":")
+	if len(split) == 3 {
+		tag := strings.Split(split[1], "@")[0]
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", split[0], tag)
+	}
+	return img
+}
+
 // WriteImageToDaemon write img to the local docker daemon
 func WriteImageToDaemon(img string) error {
 	glog.Infof("Writing %s to local daemon", img)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/image/image_test.go b/pkg/minikube/image/image_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5546593442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/minikube/image/image_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package image
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestTag(t *testing.T) {
+	tcs := []struct {
+		image    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			image:    "image:tag@sha256:digest",
+			expected: "image:tag",
+		}, {
+			image:    "image:tag",
+			expected: "image:tag",
+		}, {
+			image:    "image@sha256:digest",
+			expected: "image@sha256:digest",
+		}, {
+			image:    "image",
+			expected: "image",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tcs {
+		t.Run(tc.image, func(t *testing.T) {
+			actual := Tag(tc.image)
+			if actual != tc.expected {
+				t.Errorf("actual does not match expected\nActual:%v\nExpected:%v\n", actual, tc.expected)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
index 995c9ce1d5..cae0144d7c 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/cache.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func beginDownloadKicBaseImage(g *errgroup.Group, cc *config.ClusterConfig) {
 			err := image.WriteImageToDaemon(img)
 			if err == nil {
 				if img != cc.KicBaseImage {
-					out.WarningT(fmt.Sprintf("minikube was unable to download %s, but successfully downloaded %s\n minikube will use %s as a fallback image", cc.KicBaseImage, img, img))
+					out.WarningT(fmt.Sprintf("minikube was unable to download %s, but successfully downloaded %s\n minikube will use %s as a fallback image", image.Tag(cc.KicBaseImage), image.Tag(img), image.Tag(img)))
 					cc.KicBaseImage = img
 				}
 				glog.Infof("successfully downloaded %s", img)