diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 07e954e790..40e094194e 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -10721,3 +10721,12 @@ David  Mar 22 2004
     sched/
         handle_request.C
         server_types.C
+
+Jeff  Mar 23 2004
+    - At check_pair() time, if the validator sees that the canonical result
+      is deleted, a message is sent to the validator log.  Canonical result
+      deletion should only happen when all results for a WU are received
+      or expired.
+
+     sched/
+	validate.C
diff --git a/sched/validate.C b/sched/validate.C
index 089574dd7e..01be66dc2a 100644
--- a/sched/validate.C
+++ b/sched/validate.C
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ void handle_wu(DB_WORKUNIT& wu) {
             // it's possible that we've deleted canonical result outputs
             //
             if (canonical_result.file_delete_state == FILE_DELETE_DONE) {
+                log_messages.printf(
+                    SchedMessages::DEBUG,
+                    "[WU#%d]: Canonical result (%d) has been deleted\n",
+                    wu.id, canonical_result.id
+                );
                 match = false;
                 retval = 0;
             } else {