diff --git a/.sampo/changesets/queue-full-log-message.md b/.sampo/changesets/queue-full-log-message.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9416b3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sampo/changesets/queue-full-log-message.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+pypi/posthog: patch
+---
+
+Clarify the queue-full warning to say the event is being dropped, instead of only reporting that the queue is full.
diff --git a/posthog/client.py b/posthog/client.py
index 7bcfb591..e645e235 100644
--- a/posthog/client.py
+++ b/posthog/client.py
@@ -1712,7 +1712,11 @@ def _enqueue(self, msg, disable_geoip):
             self.log.debug("enqueued %s.", msg["event"])
             return sent_uuid
         except Full:
-            self.log.warning("analytics-python queue is full")
+            self.log.warning(
+                "event queue is full (maxsize %d), dropping event %s",
+                self.queue.maxsize,
+                msg["event"],
+            )
             return None
 
     def flush(self, timeout_seconds: Optional[float] = 10) -> None:
diff --git a/posthog/test/test_client.py b/posthog/test/test_client.py
index 0cdf2ece..49bcc9b7 100644
--- a/posthog/test/test_client.py
+++ b/posthog/test/test_client.py
@@ -2114,9 +2114,11 @@ def test_overflow(self):
         for i in range(10):
             client.capture("test event", distinct_id="distinct_id")
 
-        msg_uuid = client.capture("test event", distinct_id="distinct_id")
+        with self.assertLogs("posthog", level="WARNING") as logs:
+            msg_uuid = client.capture("test event", distinct_id="distinct_id")
         # Make sure we are informed that the queue is at capacity
         self.assertIsNone(msg_uuid)
+        self.assertIn("dropping event", logs.output[0])
 
     def test_unicode(self):
         Client("unicode_key")