diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index 42c610e2ec1..c993333f9f6 100644
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -4383,6 +4383,8 @@ static int apply_patch(int fd, const char *filename, int options)
 			listp = &patch->next;
 		}
 		else {
+			if (apply_verbosely)
+				say_patch_name(stderr, _("Skipped patch '%s'."), patch);
 			free_patch(patch);
 			skipped_patch++;
 		}