diff --git a/vllm/distributed/device_communicators/shm_broadcast.py b/vllm/distributed/device_communicators/shm_broadcast.py
index deeed1f21b4e1..499c6927f2f90 100644
--- a/vllm/distributed/device_communicators/shm_broadcast.py
+++ b/vllm/distributed/device_communicators/shm_broadcast.py
@@ -390,10 +390,11 @@ class MessageQueue:
                     # if we wait for a long time, log a message
                     if (time.monotonic() - start_time
                             > VLLM_RINGBUFFER_WARNING_INTERVAL * n_warning):
-                        logger.debug(
+                        logger.info(
                             ("No available shared memory broadcast block found"
                              " in %s seconds. This typically happens when some"
-                             " processes are hanging."),
+                             " processes are hanging, doing some time-consuming"
+                             " work (e.g. compilation), or sitting idle."),
                             VLLM_RINGBUFFER_WARNING_INTERVAL,
                         )
                         n_warning += 1
@@ -454,10 +455,11 @@ class MessageQueue:
                     # if we wait for a long time, log a message
                     if (time.monotonic() - start_time
                             > VLLM_RINGBUFFER_WARNING_INTERVAL * n_warning):
-                        logger.debug(
+                        logger.info(
                             ("No available shared memory broadcast block found"
                              " in %s seconds. This typically happens when some"
-                             " processes are hanging."),
+                             " processes are hanging, doing some time-consuming"
+                             " work (e.g. compilation), or sitting idle."),
                             VLLM_RINGBUFFER_WARNING_INTERVAL,
                         )
                         n_warning += 1