diff --git a/.shippable.yml b/.shippable.yml
index ff6883c339f..22bf2ce298b 100644
--- a/.shippable.yml
+++ b/.shippable.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ build:
     ci:
       - export CCACHE_DIR=${SHIPPABLE_BUILD_DIR}/ccache/.ccache
       - export COMMIT_RANGE=${SHIPPABLE_COMMIT_RANGE}
+      - echo ${SHIPPABLE_COMMIT_RANGE}
       - source zephyr-env.sh
       - ccache -s --max-size=2000M
       - make host-tools
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check-compliance.py b/scripts/ci/check-compliance.py
index 11fd2d1d65d..779f006afc5 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/check-compliance.py
+++ b/scripts/ci/check-compliance.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def run_gitlint(tc):
         msg = proc.stdout.read()
 
     if msg != "":
-        failure = ET.SubElement(tc, 'failure', type="failure", message="commit message error")
+        failure = ET.SubElement(tc, 'failure', type="failure", message="commit message error on range: %s" %commit_range)
         failure.text = (str(msg))
         return 1