diff --git a/cpp/src/io/utilities/data_sink.cpp b/cpp/src/io/utilities/data_sink.cpp
index 40b70986eca..f8d8702d1ca 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/utilities/data_sink.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/utilities/data_sink.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class file_sink : public data_sink {
 
     if (detail::cufile_integration::is_kvikio_enabled()) {
       _kvikio_file = kvikio::FileHandle(filepath, "w");
+      CUDF_LOG_INFO("Writing a file using kvikIO, with compatibility mode {}.",
+                    _kvikio_file.is_compat_mode_on() ? "on" : "off");
     } else {
       _cufile_out = detail::make_cufile_output(filepath);
     }
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/utilities/datasource.cpp b/cpp/src/io/utilities/datasource.cpp
index e2cea7a56ff..a457a803e3c 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/utilities/datasource.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/utilities/datasource.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class file_source : public datasource {
   {
     if (detail::cufile_integration::is_kvikio_enabled()) {
       _kvikio_file = kvikio::FileHandle(filepath);
+      CUDF_LOG_INFO("Reading a file using kvikIO, with compatibility mode {}.",
+                    _kvikio_file.is_compat_mode_on() ? "on" : "off");
     } else {
       _cufile_in = detail::make_cufile_input(filepath);
     }