diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 0abed62547..50868237cf 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 {{- else }}
   {{- with .Site.Author.email }}
     {{- $authorEmail = . }}
-    {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.email instead." }}
+    {{- $hugoVersion := "0.120.0" }}
+    {{- if ge hugo.Version $hugoVersion }}
+      {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.email instead." }}
+    {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/authorname.hugo b/layouts/partials/authorname.hugo
index 1fcd62e276..c5252e2bf9 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/authorname.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/authorname.hugo
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 {{- $authorName := "" }}
 {{- if .Site.Params.author }}
-	{{- if reflect.IsMap .Site.Params.author }}
-	{{- with .Site.Params.author.name }}
-		{{- $authorName = . }}
-	{{- end }}
-	{{- else }}
-	{{- warnf "%q: DEPRECATED usage of 'params.author' config parameter found, replace it with `params.author.name` in your config.toml; see https://mcshelby.github.io/hugo-theme-relearn/basics/migration/#5230" .File.Path }}
-	{{- $authorName = .Site.Params.author }}
-	{{- end }}
+  {{- if reflect.IsMap .Site.Params.author }}
+    {{- with .Site.Params.author.name }}
+      {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- else }}
+    {{- warnf "%q: DEPRECATED usage of 'params.author' config parameter found, replace it with `params.author.name` in your config.toml; see https://mcshelby.github.io/hugo-theme-relearn/basics/migration/#5230" .File.Path }}
+    {{- $authorName = .Site.Params.author }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- else }}
-	{{- with .Site.Author.name }}
-	{{- $authorName = . }}
-	{{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
-	{{- end }}
+  {{- with .Site.Author.name }}
+    {{- $authorName = . }}
+    {{- $hugoVersion := "0.120.0" }}
+    {{- if ge hugo.Version $hugoVersion }}
+      {{- warnf "The author key in site configuration is deprecated. Use params.author.name instead." }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- return $authorName }}
\ No newline at end of file