diff --git a/tools/check-channels-yaml.sh b/tools/check-channels-yaml.sh
index 57f157af23..1f3dbaf1a6 100755
--- a/tools/check-channels-yaml.sh
+++ b/tools/check-channels-yaml.sh
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ channels_file=${1:-gerritbot/channels.yaml}
 (printf "# This file is sorted alphabetically by channel name.\n"; sed '/^[[:space:]]*#.*$/d;s/[[:space:]]*#.*$//' gerritbot/channels.yaml) > $T/comments-removed
 ./tools/normalize_channels_yaml.py >$T/regenned
 
+echo "Checking whether entries are sorted alphabetically"
 diff -u $T/comments-removed $T/regenned