Do you mean, even though Whisper Announcement is not configured, you get this message ?
If above is true then you are hitting CSCtn71730. Details can be found here http://tools.cisco.com/Support/BugToolKit/search/getBugDetails.do?method=fetchBugDetails&bugId=CSCtn71730
This bug is fixed in 8.5(2).
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