diff --git a/passes/cmds/splitnets.cc b/passes/cmds/splitnets.cc
index 68e1edd14..da9ef43f9 100644
--- a/passes/cmds/splitnets.cc
+++ b/passes/cmds/splitnets.cc
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ struct SplitnetsPass : public Pass {
 		bool flag_driver = false;
 		std::string format = "[]:";
 
+		log_header("Executing SPLITNETS pass (splitting up multi-bit signals).\n");
+
 		size_t argidx;
 		for (argidx = 1; argidx < args.size(); argidx++)
 		{