diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
index dce3116cc778..bb6cdfd7b90f 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func Execute() {
 		} else {
 			os.Args = append([]string{RootCmd.Use, callingCmd, "--"}, os.Args[1:]...)
 		}
-	} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && driver.IsMicrosoftWSL() {
+	} else if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && driver.IsMicrosoftWSL() && !viper.GetBool(force) {
 		var found = false
 		for _, a := range os.Args {
 			if a == "--force" {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func Execute() {
 			}
 		}
 		if !found {
-			exit.Message(reason.WrongBinary, "Cannot run Windows binary inside WSL, please download linux binary from https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/. Or you can use '--force' to force execution which would be at your own risk.")
+			exit.Message(reason.WrongBinaryWSL, "You are trying to run windows .exe binary inside WSL, for better integration please use Linux binary instead (Download at https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/.). Otherwise if you still want to do this, you can do it using --force"
 		}
 	}
 	for _, c := range RootCmd.Commands() {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go b/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go
index f9ccbdf7e7fb..18f7ffd2b6fa 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/reason/reason.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ var (
 
 	RsrcInsufficientStorage = Kind{ID: "RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE", ExitCode: ExInsufficientStorage, Style: style.UnmetRequirement}
 
-	WrongBinary        = Kind{ID: "WRONG_BINARY", ExitCode: ExHostError}
+	WrongBinaryWSL     = Kind{ID: "WRONG_BINARY_WSL", ExitCode: ExHostError}
 	HostHomeMkdir      = Kind{ID: "HOST_HOME_MKDIR", ExitCode: ExHostPermission}
 	HostHomeChown      = Kind{ID: "HOST_HOME_CHOWN", ExitCode: ExHostPermission}
 	HostBrowser        = Kind{ID: "HOST_BROWSER", ExitCode: ExHostError}