diff --git a/module/zfs/zio.c b/module/zfs/zio.c
index 0bc19a7b7..1acb80139 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zio.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zio.c
@@ -1448,6 +1448,9 @@ zio_suspend(spa_t *spa, zio_t *zio)
 		    "failure and the failure mode property for this pool "
 		    "is set to panic.", spa_name(spa));
 
+	cmn_err(CE_WARN, "Pool '%s' has encountered an uncorrectable I/O "
+	    "failure and has been suspended.\n", spa_name(spa));
+
 	zfs_ereport_post(FM_EREPORT_ZFS_IO_FAILURE, spa, NULL, NULL, 0, 0);
 
 	mutex_enter(&spa->spa_suspend_lock);