diff --git a/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/MacroizedWidgetProperty.java b/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/MacroizedWidgetProperty.java
index 6959ec1b87..47dd0ef223 100644
--- a/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/MacroizedWidgetProperty.java
+++ b/app/display/model/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/builder/model/MacroizedWidgetProperty.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2020 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2026 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ public synchronized T getValue()
                 expanded = specification;
             }
 
-            // Warn if expanded text still contains macros.
+            // Log if expanded text still contains macros.
             // .. unless specification contained escaped macros,
             // which have been un-escaped.
             // Note that this ignores remaining macros as soon
             // as there is just one escaped macro, as in "$(MISSING_AND_IGNORED) \\$(ESCAPED)"
             if (MacroHandler.containsMacros(expanded)  &&  ! specification.contains("\\$"))
-                logger.log(Level.WARNING, widget + " '" + getName() + "' is not fully resolved: '" + expanded + "'");
+                logger.log(Level.INFO, widget + " '" + getName() + "' is not fully resolved: '" + expanded + "'");
 
             try
             {
diff --git a/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacroHandler.java b/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacroHandler.java
index 52dee8f8fa..bf9190748a 100644
--- a/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacroHandler.java
+++ b/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacroHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2019 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2026 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ public class MacroHandler
      */
     public static boolean containsMacros(final String input)
     {
-        return input != null  &&  input.indexOf('$') >= 0;
+        // A complete check for unresolved macros, including multi-level macros,
+        // requires a MacroValueProvider.
+        // This, however, could be called from an editor where no macros are available.
+        // Implementation thus limited to a simple check for potential macros
+        return input != null  &&
+               (input.indexOf("$(") >= 0  ||  input.indexOf("${") >= 0);
     }
 
     /** Replace macros in input
diff --git a/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/Macros.java b/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/Macros.java
index f71f041827..4338aa5532 100644
--- a/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/Macros.java
+++ b/core/framework/src/main/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/Macros.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2026 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public void expandValues(final Macros base)
                 // Not fatal, in fact common when creating displays,
                 // but log with exception to get stack trace in case
                 // origin of macro needs to be debugged
-                logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Incomplete macro expansion " + name + "='" + expanded + "'",
+                logger.log(Level.INFO, "Incomplete macro expansion " + name + "='" + expanded + "'",
                            new Exception("Macro spec " + name + "='" + spec + "' does not fully resolve"));
             }
         }
diff --git a/core/framework/src/test/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacrosUnitTest.java b/core/framework/src/test/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacrosUnitTest.java
index b513a3fc6d..fdfe9451d9 100644
--- a/core/framework/src/test/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacrosUnitTest.java
+++ b/core/framework/src/test/java/org/phoebus/framework/macros/MacrosUnitTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2023 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2026 Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -42,11 +42,25 @@ public void testNames()
     @Test
     public void testCheck()
     {
+        // Clearly not a macro
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("Plain Text"), equalTo(false));
+
+        // Clearly a macro
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("${S}"), equalTo(true));
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("This is $(S)"), equalTo(true));
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("$(MACRO)"), equalTo(true));
+
+        // Two macro levels
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("$(${MACRO})"), equalTo(true));
+
+        // Not a macro
+        assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("StringPV.VAL$"), equalTo(false));
+        assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("StringPV.$"), equalTo(false));
+
+        // Debatable:
+        // Would a first macro expansion pass turn '\\$(S)' into '$(S)',
+        // which then _is_ a macro that's expanded in a second pass?
+        // We simply check for '$(' and take that as a macro
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("Escaped \\$(S)"), equalTo(true));
         assertThat(MacroHandler.containsMacros("Escaped \\$(S) Used $(S)"), equalTo(true));
     }