diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 0bc1e6219..deced2b23 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ Other changes:
    csvColumnSeparator and csvQuoteCharacter.
    Bugzilla report 35627.
 
+ * <ftp>'s logging has been improved.
+   Bugzilla report 30932.
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0 TO Ant 1.7.1
 =============================================
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
index 56693aad1..b21a928fb 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/net/FTP.java
@@ -2366,7 +2366,8 @@ public class FTP
                     }, "Site Command: " + this.siteCommand);
             } else {
                 if (remotedir != null) {
-                    log("changing the remote directory", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
+                    log("changing the remote directory to " + remotedir,
+                        Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
                     ftp.changeWorkingDirectory(remotedir);
                     if (!FTPReply.isPositiveCompletion(ftp.getReplyCode())) {
                         throw new BuildException("could not change remote "