diff --git a/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go b/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
index 06eb1768a6a..9c9f06e7d02 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/endpoint/endpoints_controller.go
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ func (e *EndpointController) syncService(key string) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	readyEps := 0
+	notReadyEps := 0
 	for i := range pods {
 		// TODO: Do we need to copy here?
 		pod := &(*pods[i])
@@ -432,12 +434,14 @@ func (e *EndpointController) syncService(key string) {
 					Addresses: []api.EndpointAddress{epa},
 					Ports:     []api.EndpointPort{epp},
 				})
+				readyEps++
 			} else {
 				glog.V(5).Infof("Pod is out of service: %v/%v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
 				subsets = append(subsets, api.EndpointSubset{
 					NotReadyAddresses: []api.EndpointAddress{epa},
 					Ports:             []api.EndpointPort{epp},
 				})
+				notReadyEps++
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -490,6 +494,7 @@ func (e *EndpointController) syncService(key string) {
 		newEndpoints.Annotations[endpoints.PodHostnamesAnnotation] = serializedPodHostNames
 	}
 
+	glog.V(4).Infof("Update endpoints for %v/%v, ready: %d not ready: %d", service.Namespace, service.Name, readyEps, notReadyEps)
 	createEndpoints := len(currentEndpoints.ResourceVersion) == 0
 	if createEndpoints {
 		// No previous endpoints, create them
diff --git a/test/e2e/framework/util.go b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
index 6ce06bb9f1a..323b7aad7d8 100644
--- a/test/e2e/framework/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e/framework/util.go
@@ -4071,14 +4071,17 @@ func RestartKubeProxy(host string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported provider: %s", TestContext.Provider)
 	}
 	// kubelet will restart the kube-proxy since it's running in a static pod
+	Logf("Killing kube-proxy on node %v", host)
 	result, err := SSH("sudo pkill kube-proxy", host, TestContext.Provider)
 	if err != nil || result.Code != 0 {
 		LogSSHResult(result)
 		return fmt.Errorf("couldn't restart kube-proxy: %v", err)
 	}
 	// wait for kube-proxy to come back up
+	sshCmd := "sudo /bin/sh -c 'pgrep kube-proxy | wc -l'"
 	err = wait.Poll(5*time.Second, 60*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
-		result, err := SSH("sudo /bin/sh -c 'pgrep kube-proxy | wc -l'", host, TestContext.Provider)
+		Logf("Waiting for kubeproxy to come back up with %v on %v", sshCmd, host)
+		result, err := SSH(sshCmd, host, TestContext.Provider)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
@@ -4125,6 +4128,7 @@ func sshRestartMaster() error {
 	} else {
 		command = "sudo /etc/init.d/kube-apiserver restart"
 	}
+	Logf("Restarting master via ssh, running: %v", command)
 	result, err := SSH(command, GetMasterHost()+":22", TestContext.Provider)
 	if err != nil || result.Code != 0 {
 		LogSSHResult(result)
diff --git a/test/e2e/service.go b/test/e2e/service.go
index 9c1d61037c6..1cf5fcc0c85 100644
--- a/test/e2e/service.go
+++ b/test/e2e/service.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(verifyServeHostnameServiceUp(c, ns, host, podNames1, svc1IP, servicePort))
 		framework.ExpectNoError(verifyServeHostnameServiceUp(c, ns, host, podNames2, svc2IP, servicePort))
 
-		By("Restarting kube-proxy")
+		By(fmt.Sprintf("Restarting kube-proxy on %v", host))
 		if err := framework.RestartKubeProxy(host); err != nil {
 			framework.Failf("error restarting kube-proxy: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -353,9 +353,11 @@ var _ = framework.KubeDescribe("Services", func() {
 		framework.ExpectNoError(verifyServeHostnameServiceUp(c, ns, host, podNames1, svc1IP, servicePort))
 
 		// Restart apiserver
+		By("Restarting apiserver")
 		if err := framework.RestartApiserver(c); err != nil {
 			framework.Failf("error restarting apiserver: %v", err)
 		}
+		By("Waiting for apiserver to come up by polling /healthz")
 		if err := framework.WaitForApiserverUp(c); err != nil {
 			framework.Failf("error while waiting for apiserver up: %v", err)
 		}