diff --git a/contribs/openlava/bkill.pl b/contribs/openlava/bkill.pl
index 63ef28c899321e502104a137925a7251ed0286e0..31f006ed255801ee13adfdf4d2ec2337b2b811ad 100644
--- a/contribs/openlava/bkill.pl
+++ b/contribs/openlava/bkill.pl
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ foreach my $jobid (@job_ids) {
 	if ($resp == SLURM_ERROR) {
 		$rc++;
 		printf("Job <%s>: %s\n", $jobid, Slurm->strerror($err));
+	} else {
+	    printf("Job <%s> is being terminated\n", $jobid);
 	}
 }
 exit $rc;