diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix
index 481e267f6c3..0f01b9d4af0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ let
       cd $out/zones
 
       for zoneFile in *; do
+        echo "|- checking zone '$out/zones/$zoneFile'"
         ${nsdPkg}/sbin/nsd-checkzone "$zoneFile" "$zoneFile" || {
           if grep -q \\\\\\$ "$zoneFile"; then
             echo zone "$zoneFile" contains escaped dollar signes \\\$