diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/init/config.js b/lib/workers/repository/init/config.js
index 7e80b9b20e9584da14a7a9eb7cef24b72125ed07..a2313a0baff7885401828d98a20a3f697e809c6f 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/init/config.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/init/config.js
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ async function mergeRenovateConfig(config) {
     const migratedConfig = await migrateAndValidate(config, renovateJson);
     const resolvedConfig = await presets.resolveConfigPresets(migratedConfig);
     if (resolvedConfig.npmrc) {
+      logger.debug(
+        'Ignoring any .npmrc files in repository due to configured npmrc'
+      );
       resolvedConfig.ignoreNpmrcFile = true;
     }
     returnConfig = mergeChildConfig(returnConfig, resolvedConfig);