diff --git a/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp b/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
index 88b71c59aa..b8e807c2c7 100644
--- a/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
+++ b/controller_manager/src/controller_manager.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ ControllerManager::ControllerManager(
 {
   if (!get_parameter("update_rate", update_rate_))
   {
-    RCLCPP_WARN(get_logger(), "'update_rate' parameter not set, using default value.");
+    RCLCPP_WARN(get_logger(), "'update_rate' parameter not set, using default value of %d Hz.", update_rate_);
   }
 
   if (is_resource_manager_initialized())