diff --git a/src/backupformat/rsync.js b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
index 63947e8da..8b00d3ebd 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/rsync.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
@@ -357,16 +357,25 @@ async function verify(backupSite, remotePath, integrityMap, progressCallback) {
 
             const relativePath = path.relative(remotePath, entry.path);
             const integrity = integrityMap.get(relativePath);
-            debug(`verify: computed integrity of ${entry.path} as ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
-            if (result.transferred !== integrity.size) messages.push(`${entry.path} has size ${result.transferred}. Expecting ${integrity.size}`);
-            else if (result.digest !== integrity.sha256) messages.push(`${entry.path} has digest ${result.digest()}. Expecting ${integrity.sha256}`);
+            if (result.transferred !== integrity.size) {
+                messages.push(`${entry.path} has size ${result.transferred}. Expecting ${integrity.size}`);
+                debug(`verify: size check of ${entry.path} failed: ${messages.at(-1)}`);
+            } else if (result.digest !== integrity.sha256) {
+                messages.push(`${entry.path} has digest ${result.digest()}. Expecting ${integrity.sha256}`);
+                debug(`verify: digest check of ${entry.path} failed: ${messages.at(-1)}`);
+            } else {
+                debug(`verify: ${entry.path} passed`);
+            }
         });
         fileCount += batch.entries.length;
         if (!batch.marker) break;
         marker = batch.marker;
     }
 
-    if (integrityMap.size !== fileCount) messages.push(`Got ${fileCount} files. Expecting ${integrityMap.size()} files`);
+    if (integrityMap.size !== fileCount) {
+        messages.push(`Got ${fileCount} files. Expecting ${integrityMap.size()} files`);
+        debug(`verify: file count mismatch: ${messages.at(-1)}`);
+    }
 
     return messages;
 }
diff --git a/src/backupintegrity.js b/src/backupintegrity.js
index 05f8f1f02..2e791ec4f 100644
--- a/src/backupintegrity.js
+++ b/src/backupintegrity.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async function verify(backup, backupSite, progressCallback) {
     if (verifyError) messages.push(`Failed to verify ${backup.remotePath}: ${verifyError.message}`);
     if (verifyMessages) messages.push(...verifyMessages);
 
-    debug(`verified: ${backup.remotePath} ${JSON.stringify(verifyMessages, null, 4)}`);
+    debug(`verified: ${backup.remotePath} ${JSON.stringify(messages, null, 4)}`);
 
     stats.duration = Date.now() - stats.startTime;
     return { stats, messages: messages.slice(0, 50) }; // keep rsync fails to 50 to not overflow db