diff --git a/src/timesync/timesyncd-conf.c b/src/timesync/timesyncd-conf.c
index 532d6ea7ec..d7ec94e487 100644
--- a/src/timesync/timesyncd-conf.c
+++ b/src/timesync/timesyncd-conf.c
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ int config_parse_servers(
         else {
                 r = manager_parse_server_string(m, ltype, rvalue);
                 if (r < 0) {
-                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_ERR, filename, line, r, "Failed to parse NTP server string '%s'. Ignoring.", rvalue);
+                        log_syntax(unit, LOG_WARNING, filename, line, r,
+                                   "Failed to parse NTP server string '%s', ignoring: %m", rvalue);
                         return 0;
                 }
         }