diff --git a/discovery/reliable_sender.go b/discovery/reliable_sender.go
index c336b01de..1887ff1ca 100644
--- a/discovery/reliable_sender.go
+++ b/discovery/reliable_sender.go
@@ -181,9 +181,19 @@ out:
 		// ignored for now since the peer is currently offline. Once
 		// they reconnect, the messages will be sent since they should
 		// have been persisted to disk.
-		case <-peerMgr.msgs:
+		case msg := <-peerMgr.msgs:
+			// Retrieve the short channel ID for which this message
+			// applies for logging purposes. The error can be
+			// ignored as the store can only contain messages which
+			// have a ShortChannelID field.
+			shortChanID, _ := msgShortChanID(msg)
+			log.Debugf("Received request to send %v message for "+
+				"channel=%v while peer=%x is offline",
+				msg.MsgType(), shortChanID, peerPubKey)
+
 		case peer = <-peerChan:
 			break out
+
 		case <-s.quit:
 			return
 		}