diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index cd0ecfa4..6a5e731e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ SVN HEAD
                    Fix a memory leak when daemonizing
                    Fix memory leaks in command line parsing
                    Add w83793 support
+                   Log the error code on failure
   Program sensors: Fix a memory leak on error (with -u)
                    Add sch311x support
                    Hide error on missing dme1737 fan and pwm
diff --git a/prog/sensord/sensord.c b/prog/sensord/sensord.c
index 85baf7c4..68ff48e5 100644
--- a/prog/sensord/sensord.c
+++ b/prog/sensord/sensord.c
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ sensord
     }
   }
 
-  sensorLog (LOG_INFO, "sensord %s", ret ? "failed" : "stopped");
+  if (ret)
+    sensorLog (LOG_INFO, "sensord failed (%d)", ret);
+  else
+    sensorLog (LOG_INFO, "sensord stopped");
 
   return ret;
 }