diff --git a/tests/scripts/check-names.py b/tests/scripts/check-names.py
index b9e028bdd3..406810b8c4 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/check-names.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/check-names.py
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ class NameCheck(object):
         internal variable self.parse_result.
         """
         self.log.info("Parsing source code...")
+        self.log.debug(
+            "The following files are excluded from the search: {}"
+            .format(str(self.excluded_files))
+        )
 
         m_headers = self.get_files("h", os.path.join("include", "mbedtls"))
         p_headers = self.get_files("h", os.path.join("include", "psa"))