If you mean that also if the command in the cronjob really fails you will not get adviced… yes, you 100% right.
But seems that this Is the only fix provided, just a message suggestion 
Given that all those moves made around smart functions cut, to me, are very questionable decisions… i would suggest you to seriously evaluate the Multi report script, because It offers way more smarter to perform smart tests, and many other advantage (config backup, complete email report, … ); and to be honest, i would have suggested this script also before those removal