diff --git a/cmd/restic/global.go b/cmd/restic/global.go
index c7b55a3de..e3356cc73 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/global.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/global.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func ReadPassword(opts GlobalOptions, prompt string) (string, error) {
 		password, err = readPasswordTerminal(os.Stdin, os.Stderr, prompt)
 	} else {
 		password, err = readPassword(os.Stdin)
-		Verbosef("read password from stdin\n")
+		Verbosef("reading repository password from stdin\n")
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {