diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c b/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c
index 3f6ed229e3973b13264d35c4688d891f70a0f38d..44fee14ea31d2a9b6a9342b5a8c47664eda3c919 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/wiki2/msg.c
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ static void *_msg_thread(void *no_data)
 			break;
 		error("wiki: slurm_init_msg_engine_port %u %m",
 			sched_port);
+		error("wiki: Unable to communicate with Moab");
 	}
 
 	/* Process incoming RPCs until told to shutdown */