diff --git a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_droplet.go b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_droplet.go
index a4f80015b..050577854 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_droplet.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/digitalocean/resource_digitalocean_droplet.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func resourceDigitalOceanDropletRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) e
 	if err != nil {
 		// check if the droplet no longer exists.
 		if resp.StatusCode == 404 {
+			log.Printf("[WARN] DigitalOcean Droplet (%s) not found", d.Id())
 			d.SetId("")
 			return nil
 		}