diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 44bbf57..a8987d1 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -199593,15 +199593,21 @@ process.env['NODE_ENV'] = 'production-github-action';
     },
 })
     .then((res) => {
-    core.info(`Backport success: ${res.status}`);
+    core.info(`Backport result: ${res.status}`);
     core.setOutput('Result', res);
     const failureMessage = (0, run_1.getFailureMessage)(res);
     if (failureMessage) {
-        core.setFailed(failureMessage);
+        // if the failure message includes the string "There are no branches to backport to.", we don't want to fail the action, instead just issue a warning
+        if (failureMessage.includes('There are no branches to backport to.')) {
+            core.warning(failureMessage);
+        }
+        else {
+            core.setFailed(failureMessage);
+        }
     }
 })
     .catch((error) => {
-    core.error(`Backport failure: ${error.message}`);
+    core.error(`Backport unable to be completed: ${error.message}`);
     core.setFailed(error.message);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 0ae3d92..f5a5cae 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -23,14 +23,19 @@ run({
   },
 })
   .then((res) => {
-    core.info(`Backport success: ${res.status}`);
+    core.info(`Backport result: ${res.status}`);
     core.setOutput('Result', res);
     const failureMessage = getFailureMessage(res);
     if (failureMessage) {
-      core.setFailed(failureMessage);
+      // if the failure message includes the string "There are no branches to backport to.", we don't want to fail the action, instead just issue a warning
+      if (failureMessage.includes('There are no branches to backport to.')) {
+        core.warning(failureMessage);
+      } else {
+        core.setFailed(failureMessage);
+      }
     }
   })
   .catch((error) => {
-    core.error(`Backport failure: ${error.message}`);
+    core.error(`Backport unable to be completed: ${error.message}`);
     core.setFailed(error.message);
   });