diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/split_queue.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/split_queue.go
index 6c92a2944156..2d25a6e39672 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/split_queue.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/split_queue.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (sq *splitQueue) process(
 		// attempts because splits can race with other descriptor modifications.
 		// On seeing a ConditionFailedError, don't return an error and enqueue
 		// this replica again in case it still needs to be split.
-		log.Infof(ctx, "split saw concurrent descriptor modification; maybe retrying")
+		log.Infof(ctx, "split saw concurrent descriptor modification; maybe retrying; err: %v", err)
 		sq.MaybeAddAsync(ctx, r, sq.store.Clock().NowAsClockTimestamp())
 		return false, nil
 	}