diff --git a/cli/command/registry/login.go b/cli/command/registry/login.go
index ce5e584859..3679e51edd 100644
--- a/cli/command/registry/login.go
+++ b/cli/command/registry/login.go
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ func runLogin(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, opts loginOptions) err
 	if err := verifyLoginOptions(dockerCLI, &opts); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	maybePrintEnvAuthWarning(dockerCLI)
+
 	var (
 		serverAddress string
 		msg           string
diff --git a/cli/command/registry/logout.go b/cli/command/registry/logout.go
index 6dc75dc585..2af2cdad3f 100644
--- a/cli/command/registry/logout.go
+++ b/cli/command/registry/logout.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func NewLogoutCommand(dockerCli command.Cli) *cobra.Command {
 }
 
 func runLogout(ctx context.Context, dockerCLI command.Cli, serverAddress string) error {
+	maybePrintEnvAuthWarning(dockerCLI)
+
 	var isDefaultRegistry bool
 
 	if serverAddress == "" {
diff --git a/cli/command/registry/warning.go b/cli/command/registry/warning.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22a8c8655b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/registry/warning.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package registry
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config/configfile"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/internal/tui"
+)
+
+// maybePrintEnvAuthWarning if the `DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG` environment variable is
+// set this function will output a warning to stdErr
+func maybePrintEnvAuthWarning(out command.Streams) {
+	if os.Getenv(configfile.DockerEnvConfigKey) != "" {
+		tui.NewOutput(out.Err()).
+			PrintWarning("%[1]s is set and takes precedence.\nUnset %[1]s to restore the CLI auth behaviour.\n", configfile.DockerEnvConfigKey)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cli/config/configfile/file.go b/cli/config/configfile/file.go
index 396f900345..530c522856 100644
--- a/cli/config/configfile/file.go
+++ b/cli/config/configfile/file.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ type configEnv struct {
 	AuthConfigs map[string]configEnvAuth `json:"auths"`
 }
 
-// dockerEnvConfig is an environment variable that contains a JSON encoded
+// DockerEnvConfigKey is an environment variable that contains a JSON encoded
 // credential config. It only supports storing the credentials as a base64
 // encoded string in the format base64("username:pat").
 //
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type configEnv struct {
 //			}
 //		}
 //	}
-const dockerEnvConfig = "DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG"
+const DockerEnvConfigKey = "DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG"
 
 // ProxyConfig contains proxy configuration settings
 type ProxyConfig struct {
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (configFile *ConfigFile) GetCredentialsStore(registryHostname string) crede
 		store = newNativeStore(configFile, helper)
 	}
 
-	envConfig := os.Getenv(dockerEnvConfig)
+	envConfig := os.Getenv(DockerEnvConfigKey)
 	if envConfig == "" {
 		return store
 	}
diff --git a/internal/tui/note.go b/internal/tui/note.go
index 664ba9e8df..d2bc0b9af8 100644
--- a/internal/tui/note.go
+++ b/internal/tui/note.go
@@ -15,19 +15,39 @@ var InfoHeader = Str{
 	Fancy: aec.Bold.Apply(aec.LightCyanB.Apply(aec.BlackF.Apply("i")) + " " + aec.LightCyanF.Apply("Info → ")),
 }
 
-func (o Output) PrintNote(format string, args ...any) {
+type options struct {
+	header Str
+}
+
+type noteOptions func(o *options)
+
+func withHeader(header Str) noteOptions {
+	return func(o *options) {
+		o.header = header
+	}
+}
+
+func (o Output) printNoteWithOptions(format string, args []any, opts ...noteOptions) {
 	if o.isTerminal {
 		// TODO: Handle all flags
 		format = strings.ReplaceAll(format, "--platform", ColorFlag.Apply("--platform"))
 	}
 
-	header := o.Sprint(InfoHeader)
+	opt := &options{
+		header: InfoHeader,
+	}
 
-	_, _ = fmt.Fprint(o, "\n", header)
+	for _, override := range opts {
+		override(opt)
+	}
+
+	h := o.Sprint(opt.header)
+
+	_, _ = fmt.Fprint(o, "\n", h)
 	s := fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)
 	for idx, line := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
 		if idx > 0 {
-			_, _ = fmt.Fprint(o, strings.Repeat(" ", Width(header)))
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprint(o, strings.Repeat(" ", Width(h)))
 		}
 
 		l := line
@@ -37,3 +57,16 @@ func (o Output) PrintNote(format string, args ...any) {
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(o, l)
 	}
 }
+
+func (o Output) PrintNote(format string, args ...any) {
+	o.printNoteWithOptions(format, args, withHeader(InfoHeader))
+}
+
+var warningHeader = Str{
+	Plain: " Warn -> ",
+	Fancy: aec.Bold.Apply(aec.LightYellowB.Apply(aec.BlackF.Apply("w")) + " " + ColorWarning.Apply("Warn → ")),
+}
+
+func (o Output) PrintWarning(format string, args ...any) {
+	o.printNoteWithOptions(format, args, withHeader(warningHeader))
+}