diff --git a/player/loadfile.c b/player/loadfile.c
index cb4d2ffc0e..c6f0a17276 100644
--- a/player/loadfile.c
+++ b/player/loadfile.c
@@ -1293,6 +1293,8 @@ terminate_playback:
     };
     mp_notify(mpctx, MPV_EVENT_END_FILE, &end_event);
 
+    MP_VERBOSE(mpctx, "finished playback, %s (reason %d)\n",
+               mpv_error_string(end_event.error), end_event.reason);
     if (mpctx->error_playing == MPV_ERROR_UNKNOWN_FORMAT)
         MP_ERR(mpctx, "Failed to recognize file format.\n");
     MP_INFO(mpctx, "\n");