diff --git a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/HttpRemoteDevClient.java b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/HttpRemoteDevClient.java
index 4952bcfc2a9c8..ea6be6445c424 100644
--- a/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/HttpRemoteDevClient.java
+++ b/extensions/vertx-http/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/vertx/http/deployment/devmode/HttpRemoteDevClient.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public void run() {
                     errorCount++;
                     log.error("Remote dev request failed", e);
                     if (errorCount == retryMaxAttempts) {
-                        log.error("Connection failed after 10 retries, exiting");
+                        log.errorf("Connection failed after %d retries, exiting", errorCount);
                         return;
                     }
                     try {