diff --git a/conf/default.cfg b/conf/default.cfg
index f649bce9..0f0e8ed9 100644
--- a/conf/default.cfg
+++ b/conf/default.cfg
@@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ use = egg:oioswift#main
 allow_account_management = true
 account_autocreate = true
 
-# Manage if container should be created if nonexisting
-# It must be true if hashedcontainer, regexcontainer, autocontainer or container_hierarchy middleware is used
-sds_autocreate = true
+# Enable or disable container autocreation. When disabled, trying to create
+# an object in a container that does not exist will trigger an error.
+# This parameter must be true if any of hashedcontainer, regexcontainer,
+# autocontainer or container_hierarchy middleware is used.
+#sds_autocreate = true
 
 [filter:hashedcontainer]
 use = egg:oioswift#hashedcontainer
diff --git a/oioswift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/oioswift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index df97656c..ed9b5611 100644
--- a/oioswift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/oioswift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ def _store_object(self, req, data_source, headers):
             return HTTPUnprocessableEntity(request=req)
         except (exceptions.ServiceBusy, exceptions.OioTimeout):
             raise
+        # TODO(FVE): exceptions.NotFound is never raised from oio
+        # Remove when dependency is oio>=4.2.0
         except (exceptions.NoSuchContainer, exceptions.NotFound):
             raise HTTPNotFound(request=req)
         except exceptions.ClientException as err:
diff --git a/oioswift/server.py b/oioswift/server.py
index 159d4889..6d9d2996 100644
--- a/oioswift/server.py
+++ b/oioswift/server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2016 OpenIO SAS
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2018 OpenIO SAS
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ def __init__(self, conf, memcache=None, logger=None, account_ring=None,
         if 'autocreate' in sds_conf and not (
                 hasattr(ObjectStorageApi, 'EXTRA_KEYWORDS') or
                 'autocreate' in ObjectStorageApi.EXTRA_KEYWORDS):
-            logger.error('autocreate parameter is not available with current '
-                         'OpenIO SDS')
+            logger.warn("'autocreate' parameter is ignored by current version"
+                        " of OpenIO SDS. Please update to oio>=4.1.23.")
         else:
             sds_conf['autocreate'] = config_true_value(
                 sds_conf.get('autocreate', 'true'))