diff --git a/sources.c b/sources.c
index 2ba595b..3b1766b 100644
--- a/sources.c
+++ b/sources.c
@@ -1222,12 +1222,23 @@ SRC_SelectSource(SRC_Instance updated_inst)
   assert(depth == 0 && trust_depth == 0);
   assert(2 * n_sel_sources == n_endpoints);
 
-  if ((best_trust_depth == 0 && best_depth <= n_sel_sources / 2) ||
-      (best_trust_depth > 0 && best_trust_depth <= n_sel_trust_sources / 2)) {
+  if (best_trust_depth > 0) {
+    best_depth = best_trust_depth;
+    n_sel_sources = n_sel_trust_sources;
+  }
+
+  if (best_depth <= n_sel_sources / 2) {
     /* Could not even get half the reachable (trusted) sources to agree */
 
     if (!reported_no_majority) {
-      log_selection_message(LOGS_WARN, "Can't synchronise: no majority");
+      if (best_depth < 2)
+        log_selection_message(LOGS_WARN, "%s (no agreement among %d %ssources)",
+                              "Can't synchronise: no majority", n_sel_sources,
+                              best_trust_depth > 0 ? "trusted " : "");
+      else
+        log_selection_message(LOGS_WARN, "%s (only %d of %d %ssources agree)",
+                              "Can't synchronise: no majority", best_depth,
+                              n_sel_sources, best_trust_depth > 0 ? "trusted " : "");
       reported_no_majority = 1;
       report_selection_loss = 0;
     }
diff --git a/test/simulation/009-sourceselection b/test/simulation/009-sourceselection
index 547c376..139b6aa 100755
--- a/test/simulation/009-sourceselection
+++ b/test/simulation/009-sourceselection
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ for falsetickers in 3 4; do
 	# These check are expected to fail
 	check_source_selection && test_fail
 	check_sync && test_fail
+
+	if [ $falsetickers = 3 ]; then
+		check_log_messages "Can't synchronise: no majority (only 2 of 5 sources agree)" 1 1 || test_fail
+	else
+		check_log_messages "Can't synchronise: no majority (no agreement among 5 sources)" 1 1 || test_fail
+	fi
 done
 
 # Sources with large asymmetric delay should be excluded
diff --git a/test/simulation/148-replacement b/test/simulation/148-replacement
index d09fba6..ee8b2e2 100755
--- a/test/simulation/148-replacement
+++ b/test/simulation/148-replacement
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ check_source_selection && test_fail
 check_packet_interval || test_fail
 check_sync || test_fail
 
-check_log_messages "Can't synchronise: no majority" 1 1 || test_fail
+check_log_messages "Can't synchronise: no majority (no agreement among 2 sources)" 1 1 || test_fail
 check_log_messages "Detected falseticker" 0 2 || test_fail
 check_log_messages "Source 192.168.123.. replaced with" 3 60 || test_fail
 check_log_messages "Source 192.168.123.1 replaced with" 1 25 || test_fail