diff --git a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
index 39ed2e3990d..c6e6e4daa74 100644
--- a/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
+++ b/solr/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ public class CoreContainer
    * Stops all cores.
    */
   public void shutdown() {
+    log.info("Shutting down CoreContainer instance="+System.identityHashCode(this));    
     synchronized(cores) {
       try {
         for(SolrCore core : cores.values()) {