diff --git a/classy_vision/tasks/classification_task.py b/classy_vision/tasks/classification_task.py
index 1cee07a584..4bbc4978e9 100644
--- a/classy_vision/tasks/classification_task.py
+++ b/classy_vision/tasks/classification_task.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ def prepare(self):
         if self.simulated_global_batchsize is not None:
             if self.simulated_global_batchsize % self.get_global_batchsize() != 0:
                 raise ValueError(
-                    f"Global batch size ({self.get_global_batchsize()}) must divide"
+                    f"Global batch size ({self.get_global_batchsize()}) must divide "
                     f"simulated_global_batchsize ({self.simulated_global_batchsize})"
                 )
         else:
@@ -726,6 +726,10 @@ def prepare(self):
         self.optimizer_period = (
             self.simulated_global_batchsize // self.get_global_batchsize()
         )
+        if self.optimizer_period > 1:
+            logging.info(
+                f"Using gradient accumulation with a period of {self.optimizer_period}"
+            )
 
         if self.checkpoint_path:
             self.checkpoint_dict = load_and_broadcast_checkpoint(self.checkpoint_path)