diff --git a/cluster/gke/util.sh b/cluster/gke/util.sh
index df140bb0615..e3b8f03f259 100755
--- a/cluster/gke/util.sh
+++ b/cluster/gke/util.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ function with-retry() {
     sleep 3
   done
 
+  echo "Failed to execute '${cmd[@]}' for $retry_limit times." >&2
+
   return ${rc}
 }