diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
index f979f82b49..bee8d4ca74 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_agent.c
@@ -1241,7 +1241,8 @@ void qemuAgentNotifyEvent(qemuAgentPtr mon,
         }
     } else {
         /* shouldn't happen but one never knows */
-        VIR_WARN("Received unexpected event %d", event);
+        VIR_WARN("Received unexpected event %d (expected %d)",
+                 event, mon->await_event);
     }
 }