diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Cluster/ClusterDaemon.cs b/src/core/Akka.Cluster/ClusterDaemon.cs
index 338b4a97469..188bfe4f0b2 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Cluster/ClusterDaemon.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Cluster/ClusterDaemon.cs
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ private void ShutdownSelfWhenDown()
                 {
                     // the reason for not shutting down immediately is to give the gossip a chance to spread
                     // the downing information to other downed nodes, so that they can shutdown themselves
-                    _cluster.LogInfo("Shutting down myself");
+                    _cluster.LogInfo("Node has been marked as DOWN. Shutting down myself");
                     // not crucial to send gossip, but may speedup removal since fallback to failure detection is not needed
                     // if other downed know that this node has seen the version
                     SendGossipRandom(MaxGossipsBeforeShuttingDownMyself);