diff --git a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
index 15e3359c06..bc716351ac 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/bin/pageserver.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ fn start_pageserver(
     // Create and lock PID file. This ensures that there cannot be more than one
     // pageserver process running at the same time.
     let lock_file_path = conf.workdir.join(PID_FILE_NAME);
+    info!("Claiming pid file at {lock_file_path:?}");
     let lock_file =
         utils::pid_file::claim_for_current_process(&lock_file_path).context("claim pid file")?;
     info!("Claimed pid file at {lock_file_path:?}");