diff --git a/frigate/record.py b/frigate/record.py
index bdc3d5671..89576bdeb 100644
--- a/frigate/record.py
+++ b/frigate/record.py
@@ -99,11 +99,17 @@ class RecordingMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         # delete all cached files past the most recent 5
         keep_count = 5
         for camera in grouped_recordings.keys():
-            if len(grouped_recordings[camera]) > keep_count:
+            segment_count = len(grouped_recordings[camera])
+            if segment_count > keep_count:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Too many recording segments in cache for {camera}. Keeping the {keep_count} most recent segments out of {segment_count}, discarding the rest..."
+                )
                 to_remove = grouped_recordings[camera][:-keep_count]
                 for f in to_remove:
-                    Path(f["cache_path"]).unlink(missing_ok=True)
-                    self.end_time_cache.pop(f["cache_path"], None)
+                    cache_path = f["cache_path"]
+                    logger.warning(f"Discarding a recording segment: {cache_path}")
+                    Path(cache_path).unlink(missing_ok=True)
+                    self.end_time_cache.pop(cache_path, None)
                 grouped_recordings[camera] = grouped_recordings[camera][-keep_count:]
 
         for camera, recordings in grouped_recordings.items():