diff --git a/melamine/shred.py b/melamine/shred.py
index 2f9ba2a..45e211a 100644
--- a/melamine/shred.py
+++ b/melamine/shred.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ async def main(job: argparse.Namespace) -> bool:
         tasks = []
         # scandir/glob/rglob doesn't play nice with FileNotFound errors,
         # so let's avoid them entirely for now in /proc, /dev, and /sys
-        if mount_point == "/":
+        if str(mount_point) == "/":
+            logger.info("Root filesystem mount seen, skipping /proc, /dev, and /sys")
             async for item in mount_point.glob("*"):
                 if await item.is_dir():
                     if str(item) in IGNORE_GLOBAL:
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ async def main(job: argparse.Namespace) -> bool:
                 else:
                     tasks.append(check_inode_and_unlink(item, inodes))
         else:
+            logger.info(f"Checking non-root filesystem mount: {str(mount_point)}")
             async for item in mount_point.rglob("*"):
                 if any(str(item).startswith(str(path)) for path in job.ignoredir):
                     continue