diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 0229dcf155c..421c0c98bea 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *kubeletconfiginternal.KubeletConfiguration,
 		glog.V(5).Infof("RemoteRuntimeEndpoint: %q, RemoteImageEndpoint: %q",
 			remoteRuntimeEndpoint,
 			remoteImageEndpoint)
+		glog.V(2).Infof("Starting the GRPC server for the docker CRI shim.")
 		server := dockerremote.NewDockerServer(remoteRuntimeEndpoint, ds)
 		if err := server.Start(stopCh); err != nil {
 			return nil, err