From e589542bd3e3403fb75f35efad18514b5453906c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:21:51 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] make message more sane

---
 esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
index 375e108316..136d5443d7 100644
--- a/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/wifi/wifi_component.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ int8_t WiFiComponent::find_next_hidden_sta_(int8_t start_index) {
       ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Hidden candidate " LOG_SECRET("'%s'") " at index %d", sta.get_ssid().c_str(), static_cast<int>(i));
       return static_cast<int8_t>(i);
     }
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Skipping " LOG_SECRET("'%s'") " (visible in scan)", sta.get_ssid().c_str());
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Skipping hidden retry for visible network " LOG_SECRET("'%s'"), sta.get_ssid().c_str());
   }
   // No hidden SSIDs found
   return -1;