diff --git a/src/tools/pw-mon.c b/src/tools/pw-mon.c
index 7d25354dd..a0839903c 100644
--- a/src/tools/pw-mon.c
+++ b/src/tools/pw-mon.c
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ static void print_params(struct proxy_data *data, char mark)
 
 	printf("%c\tparams:\n", mark);
 	spa_list_for_each(p, &data->param_list, link) {
-		printf("%c\t  id:%u\n", p->changed ? mark : ' ', p->id);
+		printf("%c\t  id:%u (%s)\n", p->changed ? mark : ' ', p->id,
+			spa_debug_type_find_name(spa_type_param, p->id));
 		if (spa_pod_is_object_type(p->param, SPA_TYPE_OBJECT_Format))
 			spa_debug_format(10, NULL, p->param);
 		else