diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index a2f7bedaee8..e87a71f86c4 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ void G1CollectedHeap::shrink_helper(size_t shrink_bytes) {
   uint num_regions_removed = _hrm.shrink_by(num_regions_to_remove);
   size_t shrunk_bytes = num_regions_removed * HeapRegion::GrainBytes;
 
-  log_debug(gc, ergo, heap)("Shrink the heap. requested shrinking amount: " SIZE_FORMAT "B aligned shrinking amount: " SIZE_FORMAT "B attempted shrinking amount: " SIZE_FORMAT "B",
+  log_debug(gc, ergo, heap)("Shrink the heap. requested shrinking amount: " SIZE_FORMAT "B aligned shrinking amount: " SIZE_FORMAT "B actual amount shrunk: " SIZE_FORMAT "B",
                             shrink_bytes, aligned_shrink_bytes, shrunk_bytes);
   if (num_regions_removed > 0) {
     log_debug(gc, heap)("Uncommittable regions after shrink: %u", num_regions_removed);