diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_quickicon_phpversioncheck.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_quickicon_phpversioncheck.ini
index c7b1575250fd9..2bfdc319b4fee 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_quickicon_phpversioncheck.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/en-GB.plg_quickicon_phpversioncheck.ini
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK="Quick Icon - PHP Version Check"
 PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_SECURITY_ONLY="Your PHP version, %1$s, is only receiving security fixes from the PHP project at this time. This means your PHP version will soon no longer be supported. We recommend planning to upgrade to a newer PHP version before it reaches end of support on %2$s. Joomla will be faster and more secure if you upgrade to a newer PHP version. Please contact your host for upgrade instructions."
 ; Key 1 is the server's current PHP version, key 2 is the recommended PHP version, and key 3 is the date at which support will end for the recommended PHP version
 PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_UNSUPPORTED="We have detected that your server is using PHP %1$s which is obsolete and no longer receives official security updates by its developers. The Joomla! Project recommends upgrading your site to PHP %2$s or later which will receive security updates at least until %3$s. Please ask your host to make PHP %2$s or a later version the default version for your site. If your host is already PHP %2$s ready please enable PHP %2$s on your site's root and 'administrator' directories – typically you can do this yourself through a tool in your hosting control panel, but it's best to ask your host if you are unsure."
+; Key 1 is the server's current PHP version
+PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_UNSUPPORTED_JOOMLA_OUTDATED="We have detected that your server is using PHP %1$s which is obsolete and no longer receives official security updates by its developers. Furthermore, we cannot recommend a newer PHP version because you are using an outdated Joomla! version. We recommend updating Joomla! and then following further PHP upgrade instructions."
 PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_XML_DESCRIPTION="Checks the support status of your installation's PHP version and raises a warning if not fully supported."
diff --git a/plugins/quickicon/phpversioncheck/phpversioncheck.php b/plugins/quickicon/phpversioncheck/phpversioncheck.php
index 26e69df152c06..ef6b5bb5c4b2c 100644
--- a/plugins/quickicon/phpversioncheck/phpversioncheck.php
+++ b/plugins/quickicon/phpversioncheck/phpversioncheck.php
@@ -171,20 +171,23 @@ private function getPhpSupport()
 
 					if (version_compare($version, $activePhpVersion, 'ge') && ($today < $versionEndOfSupport))
 					{
-						$recommendedVersion             = $version;
-						$recommendedVersionEndOfSupport = $versionEndOfSupport;
-
-						break;
+						$supportStatus['status']  = self::PHP_UNSUPPORTED;
+						$supportStatus['message'] = JText::sprintf(
+							'PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_UNSUPPORTED',
+							PHP_VERSION,
+							$version,
+							$versionEndOfSupport->format(JText::_('DATE_FORMAT_LC4'))
+						);
+
+						return $supportStatus;
 					}
 				}
 
+				// PHP version is not supported and we don't know of any supported versions.
 				$supportStatus['status']  = self::PHP_UNSUPPORTED;
-				$supportStatus['message'] = JText::sprintf(
-					'PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_UNSUPPORTED',
-					PHP_VERSION,
-					$recommendedVersion,
-					$recommendedVersionEndOfSupport->format(JText::_('DATE_FORMAT_LC4'))
-				);
+				$supportStatus['message'] = JText::sprintf('PLG_QUICKICON_PHPVERSIONCHECK_UNSUPPORTED_JOOMLA_OUTDATED', PHP_VERSION);
+
+				return $supportStatus;
 			}
 
 			// If the version is still supported, check if it has reached eol minus 3 month