diff --git a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java
index a5c78bfd75a..00fd8340a87 100644
--- a/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java
+++ b/hbase-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/RESTServer.java
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ public class RESTServer implements Constants {
    * @throws Exception exception
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    LOG.info("***** STARTING service '" + RESTServer.class.getSimpleName() + "' *****");
     VersionInfo.logVersion();
     Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
     UserProvider userProvider = UserProvider.instantiate(conf);
@@ -313,5 +314,6 @@ public class RESTServer implements Constants {
     // start server
     server.start();
     server.join();
+    LOG.info("***** STOPPING service '" + RESTServer.class.getSimpleName() + "' *****");
   }
 }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java
index 64fe8355864..1c2d51f63c3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ public class RpcServer implements RpcServerInterface, ConfigurationObserver {
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-      LOG.info(getName() + ": starting");
+      LOG.debug(getName() + ": starting");
       try {
         doRunLoop();
       } finally {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
index beec198fff9..41718729e62 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/HMaster.java
@@ -2476,6 +2476,7 @@ public class HMaster extends HRegionServer implements MasterServices {
    * @see org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.HMasterCommandLine
    */
   public static void main(String [] args) {
+    LOG.info("***** STARTING service '" + HMaster.class.getSimpleName() + "' *****");
     VersionInfo.logVersion();
     new HMasterCommandLine(HMaster.class).doMain(args);
   }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 495aace114c..73dc265d6a3 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -1953,6 +1953,7 @@ public class HRegionServer extends HasThread implements
   @Override
   public void stop(final String msg) {
     if (!this.stopped) {
+      LOG.info("***** STOPPING region server '" + this + "' *****");
       try {
         if (this.rsHost != null) {
           this.rsHost.preStop(msg);
@@ -2226,7 +2227,7 @@ public class HRegionServer extends HasThread implements
    */
   @Override
   public void abort(String reason, Throwable cause) {
-    String msg = "ABORTING region server " + this + ": " + reason;
+    String msg = "***** ABORTING region server " + this + ": " + reason + " *****";
     if (cause != null) {
       LOG.fatal(msg, cause);
     } else {
@@ -2851,6 +2852,7 @@ public class HRegionServer extends HasThread implements
    * @see org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.HRegionServerCommandLine
    */
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+    LOG.info("***** STARTING service '" + HRegionServer.class.getSimpleName() + "' *****");
     VersionInfo.logVersion();
     Configuration conf = HBaseConfiguration.create();
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServer.java b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServer.java
index 560f788a050..254c4b70981 100644
--- a/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServer.java
+++ b/hbase-thrift/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/ThriftServer.java
@@ -235,11 +235,15 @@ public class ThriftServer {
    * @throws Exception
    */
   public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
+    LOG.info("***** STARTING service '" + ThriftServer.class.getSimpleName() + "' *****");
     VersionInfo.logVersion();
+    int exitCode = 0;
     try {
       new ThriftServer(HBaseConfiguration.create()).doMain(args);
     } catch (ExitCodeException ex) {
-      System.exit(ex.getExitCode());
+      exitCode = ex.getExitCode();
     }
+    LOG.info("***** STOPPING service '" + ThriftServer.class.getSimpleName() + "' *****");
+    System.exit(exitCode);
   }
 }