diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataSegmentManager.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataSegmentManager.java
index 4605879604d..d2e69d7970d 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataSegmentManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataSegmentManager.java
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ public class SQLMetadataSegmentManager implements MetadataSegmentManager
 
       ConcurrentHashMap<String, DruidDataSource> newDataSources = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, DruidDataSource>();
 
+      log.debug("Starting polling of segment table");
+
       List<DataSegment> segments = dbi.withHandle(
           new HandleCallback<List<DataSegment>>()
           {