diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.ts b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.ts
index f4c2d9f476..a017e6dfdc 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/update/pr/index.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export async function ensurePr(
         const lastCommitTime = await getBranchLastCommitTime(branchName);
         if (getElapsedHours(lastCommitTime) >= config.prNotPendingHours) {
           logger.debug(
-            'Branch exceeds prNotPending hours - forcing PR creation',
+            `Branch exceeds prNotPending=${config.prNotPendingHours}, hours - forcing PR creation`,
           );
           config.forcePr = true;
         }
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export async function ensurePr(
               elapsedHours < config.prNotPendingHours))
         ) {
           logger.debug(
-            `Branch is ${elapsedHours} hours old - skipping PR creation`,
+            `Branch is ${elapsedHours} hours old - skipping PR creation as prNotPendingHours is set to ${config.prNotPendingHours}`,
           );
           return {
             type: 'without-pr',
diff --git a/lib/workers/types.ts b/lib/workers/types.ts
index 89085835e7..8bb33a956e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/types.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/types.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export interface BranchConfig
   isConflicted?: boolean;
   commitFingerprint?: string;
   cacheFingerprintMatch?: CacheFingerprintMatchResult;
+  prNotPendingHours?: number;
 }
 
 export interface BranchMetadata {