diff --git a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
index 30eee1d36..81f43f8ec 100755
--- a/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
+++ b/test/make/check_so_deps.sh
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function confirm_deps() {
 	if [ "$diff" != "" ]; then
 		touch $fail_file
 		echo "there was a dependency mismatch in the library $lib_shortname"
-		echo "The makefile lists: '${lib_make_deps[*]}'"
+		echo "The makefile (spdk.lib_deps.mk) lists: '${lib_make_deps[*]}'"
 		echo "readelf outputs   : '${dep_names[*]}'"
 		echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------"
 	fi