diff --git a/src/game/server/gamecontext.cpp b/src/game/server/gamecontext.cpp
index a8b2f3790..52eaca890 100644
--- a/src/game/server/gamecontext.cpp
+++ b/src/game/server/gamecontext.cpp
@@ -1264,6 +1264,8 @@ void CGameContext::ConForceVote(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData)
 			return;
 		}
 
+		str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), "admin moved '%s' to spectator (%s)", pSelf->Server()->ClientName(SpectateID), pReason);
+		pSelf->SendChatTarget(-1, aBuf);
 		str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), "set_team %d -1 %d", SpectateID, g_Config.m_SvVoteSpectateRejoindelay);
 		pSelf->Console()->ExecuteLine(aBuf);
 	}
@@ -1290,6 +1292,8 @@ void CGameContext::ConVote(IConsole::IResult *pResult, void *pUserData)
 	else if(str_comp_nocase(pResult->GetString(0), "no") == 0)
 		pSelf->m_VoteEnforce = CGameContext::VOTE_ENFORCE_NO;
 	char aBuf[256];
+	str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), "admin forced vote %s", pResult->GetString(0));
+	pSelf->SendChatTarget(-1, aBuf);
 	str_format(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), "forcing vote %s", pResult->GetString(0));
 	pSelf->Console()->Print(IConsole::OUTPUT_LEVEL_STANDARD, "server", aBuf);
 }