diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
index 4251be8..c97b61b 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.properties
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
 deepenSinceWithDeepen=Cannot combine deepen with deepen-since
 deleteBranchUnexpectedResult=Delete branch returned unexpected result {0}
 deleteFileFailed=Could not delete file {0}
+deletedOrphanInPackDir=Deleted orphaned file {}
 deleteRequiresZeroNewId=Delete requires new ID to be zero
 deleteTagUnexpectedResult=Delete tag returned unexpected result {0}
 deletingNotSupported=Deleting {0} not supported.
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
index c827834..45f98ce 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/JGitText.java
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
 	/***/ public String deepenSinceWithDeepen;
 	/***/ public String deleteBranchUnexpectedResult;
 	/***/ public String deleteFileFailed;
+	/***/ public String deletedOrphanInPackDir;
 	/***/ public String deleteRequiresZeroNewId;
 	/***/ public String deleteTagUnexpectedResult;
 	/***/ public String deletingNotSupported;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
index 5bc2052..0d8d979 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/GC.java
@@ -1001,7 +1001,9 @@
 			} else {
 				if (base == null || !n.startsWith(base)) {
 					try {
-						Files.delete(packDir.resolve(n));
+						Path delete = packDir.resolve(n);
+						Files.delete(delete);
+						LOG.warn(JGitText.get().deletedOrphanInPackDir, delete);
 					} catch (IOException e) {
 						LOG.error(e.getMessage(), e);
 					}