diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
index 6c51b3561b1..850b94a06fc 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_node_status.go
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncNodeStatus() {
 
 // updateNodeStatus updates node status to master with retries.
 func (kl *Kubelet) updateNodeStatus() error {
+	glog.V(5).Infof("Updating node status")
 	for i := 0; i < nodeStatusUpdateRetry; i++ {
 		if err := kl.tryUpdateNodeStatus(i); err != nil {
 			glog.Errorf("Error updating node status, will retry: %v", err)
@@ -1041,7 +1042,8 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) setNodeVolumesInUseStatus(node *v1.Node) {
 // TODO(madhusudancs): Simplify the logic for setting node conditions and
 // refactor the node status condition code out to a different file.
 func (kl *Kubelet) setNodeStatus(node *v1.Node) {
-	for _, f := range kl.setNodeStatusFuncs {
+	for i, f := range kl.setNodeStatusFuncs {
+		glog.V(5).Infof("Setting node status at position %v", i)
 		if err := f(node); err != nil {
 			glog.Warningf("Failed to set some node status fields: %s", err)
 		}