diff --git a/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx b/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
index 88768d155..448144112 100644
--- a/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
+++ b/src/GUI/QtLauncher.cxx
@@ -290,7 +290,9 @@ void initApp(int& argc, char** argv, bool doInitQSettings)
 
         QTranslator* translator = new QTranslator(static_qApp.get());
         if (translator->load(QLocale(), QLatin1String("FlightGear"), QLatin1String("_"), QLatin1String(":/"))) {
-            qInfo() << "Loaded translations";
+            // QLocale().name() looks like ' "it_IT" ' (without the outer
+            // quotes) when running FG on Linux with LANG=it_IT.UTF-8.
+            qInfo() << "Loaded translations for locale" << QLocale().name();
             static_qApp->installTranslator(translator);
         } else {
             delete translator;