diff --git a/pkg/cli/server/server.go b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
index e72cdb4f7d..bba86a1b19 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/server/server.go
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ func run(app *cli.Context, cfg *cmds.Server, leaderControllers server.CustomCont
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdSnapshotCron = cfg.EtcdSnapshotCron
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdSnapshotDir = cfg.EtcdSnapshotDir
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdSnapshotRetention = cfg.EtcdSnapshotRetention
+
+	if cfg.EtcdDisableSnapshots {
+		logrus.Info("ETCD snapshots are disabled")
+	}
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdDisableSnapshots = cfg.EtcdDisableSnapshots
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdExposeMetrics = cfg.EtcdExposeMetrics
 	serverConfig.ControlConfig.EtcdS3 = cfg.EtcdS3