diff --git a/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc b/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
index f20c8e73..062b0644 100644
--- a/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
+++ b/src/hydra-queue-runner/hydra-queue-runner.cc
@@ -758,13 +758,15 @@ void State::run(BuildID buildOne)
     if (!lock)
         throw Error("hydra-queue-runner is already running");
 
+    std::cout << "Starting the Prometheus exporter on port " << exposerPort << std::endl;
+
     /* Set up simple exporter, to show that we're still alive. */
     std::string metricsAddress{"127.0.0.1"};
     prometheus::Exposer exposer{metricsAddress + ":" + std::to_string(metricsPort)};
     auto exposerPort = exposer.GetListeningPorts().front();
     exposer.RegisterCollectable(registry);
 
-    std::cout << "Starting the Prometheus exporter, listening on "
+    std::cout << "Started the Prometheus exporter, listening on "
         << "http://" << metricsAddress << ":" << exposerPort << "/metrics"
         << std::endl;