diff --git a/dnstap/dnstap.c b/dnstap/dnstap.c
index b62dc5b8c..8c9c4ca92 100644
--- a/dnstap/dnstap.c
+++ b/dnstap/dnstap.c
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ dt_create(const char *socket_path, unsigned num_workers)
 	struct fstrm_writer *fw;
 	struct fstrm_writer_options *fwopt;
 
-	verbose(VERB_OPS, "opening dnstap socket %s", socket_path);
+	verbose(VERB_OPS, "attempting to connect to dnstap socket %s",
+		socket_path);
 	log_assert(socket_path != NULL);
 	log_assert(num_workers > 0);
 
diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 8f62033d2..756b31e90 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 27 January 2016: Wouter
 	- Made netbsd sendmsg test nonfatal, in case of false positives.
+	- Fix #741: log message for dnstap socket connection is more clear.
 
 26 January 2016: Wouter
 	- Fix #734: chown the pidfile if it resides inside the chroot.