diff --git a/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.f90 b/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.f90
index 0565dda900..80aa020457 100644
--- a/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.f90
+++ b/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.f90
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ subroutine verbose_forward_op_output(qc_ens_handle, prior_post, ens_size, keys)
 ! qc_ens_handle is a real representing an integer; values /= 0 get written out
 do i = 1, ens_size
    do j = 1, qc_ens_handle%my_num_vars
-      if(nint(qc_ens_handle%copies(i, j)) /= 0) write(forward_unit, *) i, keys(j), nint(qc_ens_handle%copies(i, j))
+      if(nint(qc_ens_handle%copies(i, j)) /= 0) write(forward_unit, *) i, j, keys(qc_ens_handle%my_vars(j)), nint(qc_ens_handle%copies(i, j))
    end do
 end do
 
diff --git a/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.rst b/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.rst
index 62e730bc08..d0b0940494 100644
--- a/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.rst
+++ b/assimilation_code/modules/assimilation/filter_mod.rst
@@ -359,9 +359,10 @@ prior inflation and the second controls the posterior inflation.
 |                              |                     | in the current directory. For each        |
 |                              |                     | ensemble member which returns a non-zero  |
 |                              |                     | return code, a line will be written to    |
-|                              |                     | this file. Each line will have three      |
-|                              |                     | values listed: the observation number,    |
-|                              |                     | the ensemble member number, and the       |
+|                              |                     | this file. Each line will list the        |
+|                              |                     | following values: the ensemble member     |
+|                              |                     | number, local observation number, the key |
+|                              |                     | for the observation, and then the         |
 |                              |                     | istatus return code. Be cautious when     |
 |                              |                     | turning this option on. The number of     |
 |                              |                     | lines in this file can be up to the       |