diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
index 11e351b60f..df4821a336 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-python-files.sh
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "--can-mypy" ]; then
     exit
 fi
 
+echo 'Running pylint ...'
 $PYTHON -m pylint -j 2 scripts/mbedtls_dev/*.py scripts/*.py tests/scripts/*.py || {
     echo >&2 "pylint reported errors"
     ret=1