diff --git a/src/tasks.js b/src/tasks.js
index 8ef320e21..9b5d470ec 100644
--- a/src/tasks.js
+++ b/src/tasks.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ async function startTask(id, options) {
     const [sudoError] = await safe(shell.sudo([ START_TASK_CMD, id, logFile, options.nice || 0, options.memoryLimit || 400, options.oomScoreAdjust || 0 ], sudoOptions));
     const code = sudoError ? sudoError.code : 0;
 
-    debug(`startTask: ${id} completed with code ${code}. ignored: ${!gTasks[id]}`);
+    debug(`startTask: ${id} completed with code ${code} ${!gTasks[id] ? '. this will be ignored' : ''}`);
 
     if (options.timeout) clearTimeout(killTimerId);