diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/tar-logging_2025-10-02-19-02.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/tar-logging_2025-10-02-19-02.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..425bedeb1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/rush/tar-logging_2025-10-02-19-02.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/rush",
+      "comment": "Add a logging message after the 'Trying to find \"tar\" binary' message when the binary is found.",
+      "type": "none"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/rush"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/rush-lib/src/utilities/TarExecutable.ts b/libraries/rush-lib/src/utilities/TarExecutable.ts
index 237f8662239..623d9bab29b 100644
--- a/libraries/rush-lib/src/utilities/TarExecutable.ts
+++ b/libraries/rush-lib/src/utilities/TarExecutable.ts
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ export class TarExecutable {
     if (!tarExecutablePath) {
       terminal.writeVerboseLine('"tar" was not found on the PATH');
       return undefined;
+    } else {
+      terminal.writeVerboseLine(`Using "tar" binary: ${tarExecutablePath}`);
+      return new TarExecutable(tarExecutablePath);
     }
-
-    return new TarExecutable(tarExecutablePath);
   }
 
   /**