diff --git a/dashboard/plugin.jelly b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
index a46b48d0..4564b110 100644
--- a/dashboard/plugin.jelly
+++ b/dashboard/plugin.jelly
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
         xmlns="dashboard">
       <dashboard>
         <j:forEach var="reactorProject" items="${reactorProjects}">
+          <j:set var="dashboard.single.report.available" value="false"/>
           <u:available 
               file="${reactorProject.context.getVariable('maven.build.dir')}/dashboard-single.xml">
               <!-- FIXME: this should be maven.dashboard.report.single -->
@@ -141,8 +142,14 @@
                   name="${reactorProject.context.getVariable('maven.build.dir')}/dashboard-single.xml"/>
               <x:parse var="doc" xml="${dashboardAsFile}"/>           
               <x:copyOf select="$doc//aggregator"/>
-            </x:element>        
+            </x:element>
+            <j:set var="dashboard.single.report.available" value="true"/>
           </u:available>
+          <j:if test="${dashboard.single.report.available == 'false'}">
+            <echo>
+***  WARNING: no file dashboard-single.xml found for reactor project: ${reactorProject}
+            </echo>
+          </j:if>
         </j:forEach>
       </dashboard>
     </j:file>
diff --git a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
index bde24eff..70c55bbf 100644
--- a/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/dashboard/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   </properties>
   <body>
     <release version="1.9-SNAPSHOT" date="in svn">
+      <action dev="ltheussl" type="add" issue="MPDASHBOARD-30" due-to="Jeff Jensen">Add message on status of finding dashboard-single.xml.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPDASHBOARD-35" due-to="Christoph Jerolimov">Fix count of changelog-entries with maven-changelog-plugin-1.9.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="add">Add new aggregators <code>jiraopen</code> and <code>jirascheduled</code>.</action>
       <action dev="ltheussl" type="fix" issue="MPDASHBOARD-24" due-to="Wim Deblauwe">Incorrect links with multiproject independent navigation.</action>
