diff --git a/src/basic/mount-util.c b/src/basic/mount-util.c
index ddf00addff..38edef9823 100644
--- a/src/basic/mount-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/mount-util.c
@@ -840,8 +840,8 @@ int mount_verbose(
                           strna(type), where, strnull(fl), strempty(o));
         if (mount(what, where, type, f, o) < 0)
                 return log_full_errno(error_log_level, errno,
-                                      "Failed to mount %s on %s (%s \"%s\"): %m",
-                                      strna(type), where, strnull(fl), strempty(o));
+                                      "Failed to mount %s (type %s) on %s (%s \"%s\"): %m",
+                                      strna(what), strna(type), where, strnull(fl), strempty(o));
         return 0;
 }