diff --git a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
index cb60781b98e..0baec404181 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
+++ b/lib/ansible/config/base.yml
@@ -288,6 +288,17 @@ COLOR_WARN:
   env: [{name: ANSIBLE_COLOR_WARN}]
   ini:
   - {key: warn, section: colors}
+ACTION_WARNINGS:
+  name: Toggle action warnings
+  default: True
+  description:
+    - By default Ansible will issue a warning when recieved from a task action (module or action plugin)
+    - These warnings can be silenced by adjusting this setting to False.
+  env: [{name: ANSIBLE_ACTION_WARNINGS}]
+  ini:
+  - {key: action_warnings, section: defaults}
+  type: boolean
+  version_added: "2.5"
 COMMAND_WARNINGS:
   name: Command module warnings
   default: True
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
index a7eef260aab..82d1217b806 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/basic.py
@@ -812,11 +812,12 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
         self._warnings = []
         self._deprecations = []
         self._clean = {}
+        self._command_warn = True
 
         self.aliases = {}
         self._legal_inputs = ['_ansible_check_mode', '_ansible_no_log', '_ansible_debug', '_ansible_diff', '_ansible_verbosity',
                               '_ansible_selinux_special_fs', '_ansible_module_name', '_ansible_version', '_ansible_syslog_facility',
-                              '_ansible_socket', '_ansible_shell_executable']
+                              '_ansible_socket', '_ansible_shell_executable', '_ansible_command_warnings']
         self._options_context = list()
 
         if add_file_common_args:
@@ -1629,6 +1630,9 @@ class AnsibleModule(object):
             elif k == '_ansible_shell_executable' and v:
                 self._shell = v
 
+            elif k == '_ansible_command_warnings' and v:
+                self._command_warn = v
+
             elif check_invalid_arguments and k not in legal_inputs:
                 unsupported_parameters.add(k)
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py
index 81bb333e1ee..73153dd2dda 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/commands/command.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def main():
             executable=dict(),
             creates=dict(type='path'),
             removes=dict(type='path'),
-            warn=dict(type='bool', default=True),
+            warn=dict(type='bool'),
             stdin=dict(required=False),
         )
     )
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ def main():
     warn = module.params['warn']
     stdin = module.params['stdin']
 
+    if warn is None:
+        warn = module._command_warn
+
     if not shell and executable:
         module.warn("As of Ansible 2.4, the parameter 'executable' is no longer supported with the 'command' module. Not using '%s'." % executable)
         executable = None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 918ae167a6a..531b12e6b9e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.json_utils import _filter_non_json_lines
 from ansible.module_utils.six import binary_type, string_types, text_type, iteritems, with_metaclass
 from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import shlex_quote
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native, to_text
-from ansible.module_utils.connection import Connection
 from ansible.parsing.utils.jsonify import jsonify
 from ansible.release import __version__
 from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import wrap_var
@@ -613,6 +612,9 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         # make sure all commands use the designated shell executable
         module_args['_ansible_shell_executable'] = self._play_context.executable
 
+        # let command know it should avoid specific warnings
+        module_args['_ansible_command_warnings'] = C.COMMAND_WARNINGS
+
     def _update_connection_options(self, options, variables=None):
         ''' ensures connections have the appropriate information '''
         update = {}
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py
index 436e963e042..982f06ab839 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/__init__.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class CallbackBase(AnsiblePlugin):
 
     def _handle_warnings(self, res):
         ''' display warnings, if enabled and any exist in the result '''
-        if C.COMMAND_WARNINGS:
+        if C.ACTION_WARNINGS:
             if 'warnings' in res and res['warnings']:
                 for warning in res['warnings']:
                     self._display.warning(warning)