diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index c01aadf..21870dc 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ int reload_config_file (const char *config_fname, struct config_s *conf,
 {
         int ret;
 
+        log_message(LOG_INFO, "reloading config file");
+
         free_config (conf);
 
         initialize_with_defaults (conf, defaults);