diff --git a/cmd/virt-launcher/entrypoint.sh b/cmd/virt-launcher/entrypoint.sh
index 7c3e13192533..18237fc50356 100755
--- a/cmd/virt-launcher/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/cmd/virt-launcher/entrypoint.sh
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ if [ -n "$qemu_pid" ]; then
 	# give the pid 10 seconds to exit. 
 	for x in $(seq 1 10); do
 		if ! [ -d /proc/$qemu_pid ]; then
-			echo "qemu pid exited after after SIGTERM"
+			echo "qemu pid [$qemu_pid] exited after after SIGTERM"
 			exit $rc
 		fi
-		echo "waiting for qemu pid to exit"
+		echo "waiting for qemu pid [$qemu_pid] to exit"
 		sleep 1
 	done
 
 	# if we got here, the pid never exitted gracefully.
-	echo "timed out waiting for qemu pid to exit"
+	echo "timed out waiting for qemu pid [$qemu_pid] to exit"
 fi
 
 exit $rc