diff --git a/src/ray/raylet/local_scheduler_client.cc b/src/ray/raylet/local_scheduler_client.cc
index 1f481a79e..ec9434cbc 100644
--- a/src/ray/raylet/local_scheduler_client.cc
+++ b/src/ray/raylet/local_scheduler_client.cc
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ int connect_ipc_sock_retry(const char *socket_pathname, int num_retries,
     if (fd >= 0) {
       break;
     }
-    if (num_attempts == 0) {
-      RAY_LOG(ERROR) << "Connection to socket failed for pathname " << socket_pathname;
+    if (num_attempts > 0) {
+      RAY_LOG(ERROR) << "Retrying to connect to socket for pathname " << socket_pathname
+                     << " (num_attempts = " << num_attempts
+                     << ", num_retries = " << num_retries << ")";
     }
     /* Sleep for timeout milliseconds. */
     usleep(timeout * 1000);