diff --git a/scrapy/extensions/memusage.py b/scrapy/extensions/memusage.py
index f5081a7d7..bf2ee4e6d 100644
--- a/scrapy/extensions/memusage.py
+++ b/scrapy/extensions/memusage.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ class MemoryUsage:
         self.crawler.stats.max_value('memusage/max', self.get_virtual_size())
 
     def _check_limit(self):
-        if self.get_virtual_size() > self.limit:
+        current_mem_usage = self.get_virtual_size()
+        if current_mem_usage > self.limit:
             self.crawler.stats.set_value('memusage/limit_reached', 1)
             mem = self.limit / 1024 / 1024
             logger.error("Memory usage exceeded %(memusage)dM. Shutting down Scrapy...",
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ class MemoryUsage:
                 self.crawler.engine.close_spider(self.crawler.engine.spider, 'memusage_exceeded')
             else:
                 self.crawler.stop()
+        else:
+            logger.info("Current memory usage is %(virtualsize)dM", {'virtualsize': current_mem_usage / 1024 / 1024})
 
     def _check_warning(self):
         if self.warned:  # warn only once