diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index a2940a0a3..a2de3bb7d 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ void ShrinkDebugFile()
     int maxlogsize = GetArg("-maxdebugfilesize", 15);
     unsigned int MAX_DEBUG_LOG_SIZE = maxlogsize*(1024*1024); // convert to MB
     if (file && boost::filesystem::file_size(pathLog) > MAX_DEBUG_LOG_SIZE ) {
-        fprintf(stderr,"Shrinking %s to be at most %d bytes\n", GetDataDir().c_str(), MAX_DEBUG_LOG_SIZE );
+        fprintf(stderr,"Shrinking %s to be at most %d bytes\n", pathLog.string().c_str(), MAX_DEBUG_LOG_SIZE );
         // Restart the file with some of the end
         std::vector <char> vch(200000,0);
         fseek(file, -((long)vch.size()), SEEK_END);