diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
index d9a23c53329..c54bb2e3f70 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/framework.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func (f *Framework) BeforeEach() {
 	}
 
 	if !f.SkipNamespaceCreation {
-		By("Building a namespace api object")
+		By(fmt.Sprintf("Building a namespace api object, basename %s", f.BaseName))
 		namespace, err := f.CreateNamespace(f.BaseName, map[string]string{
 			"e2e-framework": f.BaseName,
 		})