diff --git a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
index 7e96af2ca6..67c258f10e 100644
--- a/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
+++ b/eth/fetcher/tx_fetcher.go
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ func (f *TxFetcher) Enqueue(peer string, txs []*types.Transaction, direct bool)
 
 		// If 'other reject' is >25% of the deliveries in any batch, sleep a bit.
 		if otherreject > int64((len(batch)+3)/4) {
-			log.Debug("Peer delivering invalid transactions", "peer", peer, "rejected", otherreject)
+			log.Debug("Peer delivering stale or invalid transactions", "peer", peer, "rejected", otherreject)
 			time.Sleep(200 * time.Millisecond)
 		}
 	}