diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
index 87f40c9d4..bfa61f1b7 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-common
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ check_salt_master_status() {
     return 0
 }
 
-# this is only intended to be used to check the status of the minion
+# this is only intended to be used to check the status of the minion from a salt master
 check_salt_minion_status() {
 	local minion="$1"
 	local timeout="${2:-5}"
 	local logfile="${3:-'/dev/stdout'}"
-	echo "Checking if the salt minion will respond to jobs" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
+	echo "Checking if the salt minion: $minion will respond to jobs" >> "$logfile" 2>&1
 	salt "$minion" test.ping -t $timeout > /dev/null 2>&1
 	local status=$?
 	if [ $status -gt 0 ]; then