diff --git a/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go b/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
index 5e17cdf993..edb6f4e6ea 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ func (o *OCIArtifactDisk) getDestArtifact() (types.ImageReference, digest.Digest
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
+	fmt.Printf("Looking up Podman Machine image at %s to create VM\n", imgRef.DockerReference())
 	sysCtx := &types.SystemContext{
 		DockerInsecureSkipTLSVerify: types.NewOptionalBool(!o.pullOptions.TLSVerify),
 	}