diff --git a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/audit/AuditInfo.java b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/audit/AuditInfo.java
index c4ede95e9ab..e2f35695663 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/io/druid/audit/AuditInfo.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/io/druid/audit/AuditInfo.java
@@ -89,4 +89,14 @@ public class AuditInfo
     result = 31 * result + ip.hashCode();
     return result;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return "AuditInfo{" +
+           "author='" + author + '\'' +
+           ", comment='" + comment + '\'' +
+           ", ip='" + ip + '\'' +
+           '}';
+  }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataRuleManager.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataRuleManager.java
index b17b5ae870b..a2ae0689c1e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataRuleManager.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/metadata/SQLMetadataRuleManager.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package io.druid.metadata;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -334,6 +335,15 @@ public class SQLMetadataRuleManager implements MetadataRuleManager
 
   public boolean overrideRule(final String dataSource, final List<Rule> newRules, final AuditInfo auditInfo)
   {
+    final String ruleString;
+    try {
+      ruleString = jsonMapper.writeValueAsString(newRules);
+      log.info("Updating [%s] with rules [%s] as per [%s]", dataSource, ruleString, auditInfo);
+    }
+    catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+      log.error(e, "Unable to write rules as string for [%s]", dataSource);
+      return false;
+    }
     synchronized (lock) {
       try {
         dbi.inTransaction(
@@ -348,7 +358,7 @@ public class SQLMetadataRuleManager implements MetadataRuleManager
                               .key(dataSource)
                               .type("rules")
                               .auditInfo(auditInfo)
-                              .payload(jsonMapper.writeValueAsString(newRules))
+                              .payload(ruleString)
                               .auditTime(auditTime)
                               .build(),
                     handle