diff --git a/internal/getproviders/filesystem_search.go b/internal/getproviders/filesystem_search.go
index 15cc4662e..9c0e7e8f1 100644
--- a/internal/getproviders/filesystem_search.go
+++ b/internal/getproviders/filesystem_search.go
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ func SearchLocalDirectory(baseDir string) (map[addrs.Provider]PackageMetaList, e
 	// symlink to help Terraform find them anyway.
 	originalBaseDir := baseDir
 	if finalDir, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(baseDir); err == nil {
-		log.Printf("[TRACE] getproviders.SearchLocalDirectory: %s is a symlink to %s", baseDir, finalDir)
+		if finalDir != filepath.Clean(baseDir) {
+			log.Printf("[TRACE] getproviders.SearchLocalDirectory: using %s instead of %s", finalDir, baseDir)
+		}
 		baseDir = finalDir
 	} else {
 		// We'll eat this particular error because if we're somehow able to