diff --git a/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/simple_ota_example.c b/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/simple_ota_example.c
index ca5213eb1c..7bad9eec8a 100644
--- a/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/simple_ota_example.c
+++ b/examples/system/ota/simple_ota_example/main/simple_ota_example.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ void simple_ota_example_task(void *pvParameter)
     config.skip_cert_common_name_check = true;
 #endif
 
+    ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Attempting to download update from %s", config.url);
     esp_err_t ret = esp_https_ota(&config);
     if (ret == ESP_OK) {
         esp_restart();