diff --git a/hack/make.sh b/hack/make.sh
index 2eeb0c84f5..909703b9f7 100755
--- a/hack/make.sh
+++ b/hack/make.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ if command -v git &> /dev/null && git rev-parse &> /dev/null; then
 	GITCOMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 	if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
 		GITCOMMIT="$GITCOMMIT-unsupported"
+		echo "#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
+		echo "# GITCOMMIT = $GITCOMMIT"
+		echo "# The version you are building is listed as unsupported because"
+		echo "# there are some files in the git repository that are in an uncommited state."
+		echo "# Commit these changes, or add to .gitignore to remove the -unsupported from the version."
+		echo "# Here is the current list:"
+		git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no
+		echo "#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"
 	fi
 	! BUILDTIME=$(date --rfc-3339 ns | sed -e 's/ /T/') &> /dev/null
 	if [ -z $BUILDTIME ]; then