diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 7165c68..6b1806b 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ DEF_SPEED="20M"
 
 read LOCAL_HOST LOCAL_USER LOCAL_PORT LOCAL_TZ SEND_COMPRESSED < $nodes_file
 case $SEND_COMPRESSED in
-    [tTyY]*) ZFS_SEND_OPTS="$ZFS_SEND_OPTS -c" ;;
+    [tTyY]*) ZFS_SEND_OPTS="$ZFS_SEND_OPTS -c"
+    debug "Enabled send as compressed datasets." ;;
 esac
 
 ORIGIN_PERMS="send,snapshot,hold"