diff --git a/src/vs/base/node/terminalEncoding.ts b/src/vs/base/node/terminalEncoding.ts
index 63652abb1e5c6379c2d9fea7a449f56115dd2a95..fdfc268c48a3dede51ecd961670a1c0f5a3892b9 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/node/terminalEncoding.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/node/terminalEncoding.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ export async function resolveTerminalEncoding(verbose?: boolean): Promise<string
 
 			exec('chcp', (err, stdout, stderr) => {
 				if (stdout) {
+					if (verbose) {
+						console.log(`Output from "chcp" command is: ${stdout}`);
+					}
+
 					const windowsTerminalEncodingKeys = Object.keys(windowsTerminalEncodings) as Array<keyof typeof windowsTerminalEncodings>;
 					for (const key of windowsTerminalEncodingKeys) {
 						if (stdout.indexOf(key) >= 0) {