diff --git a/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-transfer.c b/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-transfer.c
index ab4eab6780..435c38020e 100644
--- a/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-transfer.c
+++ b/src/sysupdate/sysupdate-transfer.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ int transfer_read_definition(Transfer *t, const char *path) {
                                   "Target path is not a normalized, absolute path: %s", t->target.path);
 
         if (strv_isempty(t->target.patterns)) {
-                log_info("Target specifications lacks MatchPattern=. Assuming same value as in Source specification");
+                log_syntax(NULL, LOG_INFO, path, 1, 0, "Target specification lacks MatchPattern= expression. Assuming same value as in source specification.");
                 strv_free(t->target.patterns);
                 t->target.patterns = strv_copy(t->source.patterns);
                 if (!t->target.patterns)