diff --git a/service.go b/service.go
index ca923b1d..1d230324 100644
--- a/service.go
+++ b/service.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (bs *BaseService) Stop() bool {
 		return true
 	} else {
 		if bs.log != nil {
-			bs.log.Notice(Fmt("Not stopping %v", bs.name), "impl", bs.impl)
+			bs.log.Notice(Fmt("Stopping %v (ignoring: already stopped)", bs.name), "impl", bs.impl)
 		}
 		return false
 	}