diff --git a/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/archiver.rs b/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/archiver.rs
index 6f2f9f1701..e72efeea55 100644
--- a/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/archiver.rs
+++ b/crates/sc-consensus-subspace/src/archiver.rs
@@ -433,6 +433,11 @@ impl CreateObjectMappings {
 
         segment_index >= target_index
     }
+
+    /// Returns true if object mappings will be created from a past or future segment index.
+    pub fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(self, CreateObjectMappings::Segment(_))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -959,6 +964,13 @@ where
     AS: AuxStore + Send + Sync + 'static,
     SO: SyncOracle + Send + Sync + 'static,
 {
+    if !create_object_mappings.is_enabled() {
+        info!(
+            ?create_object_mappings,
+            "Creating object mappings from the configured segment onwards"
+        );
+    }
+
     let maybe_archiver = if segment_headers_store.max_segment_index().is_none() {
         Some(initialize_archiver(
             &segment_headers_store,