diff --git a/nse_main.cc b/nse_main.cc
index 8e4b39864..24cc278d8 100644
--- a/nse_main.cc
+++ b/nse_main.cc
@@ -437,7 +437,10 @@ int process_mainloop(lua_State *L) {
       current = *(running_scripts.begin());
 
       if (current.rr.host->timedOut(&now)) {
-        printf("thread (%p) timed out\n", (void *) current.thread);
+        if (o.verbose >= 2) {
+          log_write(LOG_STDOUT, "%s: target %s timed out.\n", SCRIPT_ENGINE,
+            current.rr.host->targetipstr());
+        }
         SCRIPT_ENGINE_TRY(process_finalize(L, current.registry_idx));
         continue;
       }