diff --git a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
index e044b3fc47b7cfe6e6e63ea2b70f910bc63d19f9..5814d8239a3d7da21bf0fe62ec97122a94684f98 100644
--- a/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
+++ b/samples/vboxwrapper/vboxwrapper.cpp
@@ -1125,6 +1125,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                 boinc_parse_init_data_file();
                 boinc_get_init_data_p(&aid);
                 set_throttles(aid, vm);
+
+                fprintf(
+                    stderr,
+                    "%s Checkpoint Interval is now %d seconds.\n",
+                    vboxwrapper_msg_prefix(buf, sizeof(buf)),
+                    (int)aid.checkpoint_period
+                );
             }
 
             // if the VM has a maximum amount of time it is allowed to run,