diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloader.java b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloader.java
index 993bd794eeb..77d9d9c2821 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloader.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ssl/SSLConfigurationReloader.java
@@ -114,11 +114,17 @@ public class SSLConfigurationReloader extends AbstractComponent {
 
         @Override
         public void onFileChanged(Path file) {
+            boolean reloaded = false;
             for (SSLConfiguration sslConfiguration : sslConfigurations) {
                 if (sslConfiguration.filesToMonitor(environment).contains(file)) {
                     reloadSSLContext(sslConfiguration);
+                    reloaded = true;
                 }
             }
+
+            if (reloaded) {
+                logger.info("reloaded [{}] and updated ssl contexts using this file", file);
+            }
         }
     }
 }