diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
index 66c905be9..0bc2019d2 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
@@ -96,18 +96,18 @@ public class SelectVariants extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
 
             // Finally, warn the user about any leftover sample expressions that had no effect
             if (sampleExpressionsThatDidNotWork.size() > 0) {
-                logger.warn("The following arguments to --sample did not work:");
-
                 for (String exp : sampleExpressionsThatDidNotWork) {
-                    logger.warn("\t" + exp);
+                    logger.warn("The sample expression '" + exp + "' had no effect (no matching sample or pattern match found).  Skipping.");
                 }
-
-                logger.warn("Continuing on with the expressions that did work.");
             }
         } else {
             samples.addAll(vcfSamples);
         }
 
+        for (String sample : samples) {
+            logger.info("Including sample '" + sample + "'");
+        }
+
         Set<VCFHeaderLine> headerLines = VCFUtils.smartMergeHeaders(vcfRods.values(), logger);
         headerLines.add(new VCFHeaderLine("source", "SelectVariants"));
         vcfWriter.writeHeader(new VCFHeader(headerLines, samples));