diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/policy.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/policy.go
index 4b97113c9..e77879089 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/policy.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/policy.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (c EnforcementCriteria) Valid() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c EnforcementCriteria) PrintPolicyInformation() string {
+func (c EnforcementCriteria) BuildPolicyInformation() string {
 	info := fmt.Sprintf(`
 		The following policy enforcement criteria will be checked against all attestations:
 		- Attestation predicate type must match %s
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
index 47b52bb30..fe5de6f27 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verify/verify.go
@@ -267,7 +267,8 @@ func runVerify(opts *Options) error {
 	}
 	attestations = filteredAttestations
 
-	opts.Logger.VerbosePrintf("Verifying attestations with predicate type: %s\n", ec.PredicateType)
+	// print information about the policy that will be enforced against attestations
+	opts.Logger.Printf(ec.BuildPolicyInformation())
 
 	sp, err := buildSigstoreVerifyPolicy(ec, *artifact)
 	if err != nil {