diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/overseer/ZkStateWriterTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/overseer/ZkStateWriterTest.java
index deca8b02f5a..86aac4d1224 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/overseer/ZkStateWriterTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/overseer/ZkStateWriterTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.solr.cloud.overseer;
 
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.lucene.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
 import org.apache.solr.cloud.AbstractZkTestCase;
@@ -31,12 +35,13 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.SolrZkClient;
 import org.apache.solr.common.cloud.ZkStateReader;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.Utils;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class ZkStateWriterTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
 
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());
+
   public void testZkStateWriterBatching() throws Exception {
     String zkDir = createTempDir("testZkStateWriterBatching").toFile().getAbsolutePath();
 
@@ -319,6 +324,7 @@ public class ZkStateWriterTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
       // get the most up-to-date state
       reader.forceUpdateCollection("c2");
       state = reader.getClusterState();
+      log.info("Cluster state: {}", state);
       assertTrue(state.hasCollection("c2"));
       assertEquals(sharedClusterStateVersion, (int) state.getZkClusterStateVersion());
       assertEquals(stateFormat2Version + 1, state.getCollection("c2").getZNodeVersion());
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/SolrZkClient.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/SolrZkClient.java
index a6bbd731fff..af6f9bec613 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/SolrZkClient.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/SolrZkClient.java
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@
  */
 package org.apache.solr.common.cloud;
 
+import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
+import javax.xml.transform.Source;
+import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
+import java.io.Closeable;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
 import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
@@ -38,25 +56,6 @@ import org.apache.zookeeper.data.Stat;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import javax.xml.transform.OutputKeys;
-import javax.xml.transform.Source;
-import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
-import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
-import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
-
-import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
-
 /**
  *
  * All Solr ZooKeeper interactions should go through this class rather than
diff --git a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java
index f106b9c8612..8b3beb447c4 100644
--- a/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java
+++ b/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/common/cloud/ZkStateReader.java
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ public class ZkStateReader implements Closeable {
 
     synchronized (getUpdateLock()) {
       if (clusterState == null) {
+        LOG.info("ClusterState watchers have not been initialized");
         return;
       }
 
@@ -297,6 +298,7 @@ public class ZkStateReader implements Closeable {
       if (ref == null || legacyCollectionStates.containsKey(collection)) {
         // We either don't know anything about this collection (maybe it's new?) or it's legacy.
         // First update the legacy cluster state.
+        LOG.info("Checking legacy cluster state for collection {}", collection);
         refreshLegacyClusterState(null);
         if (!legacyCollectionStates.containsKey(collection)) {
           // No dice, see if a new collection just got created.
@@ -307,6 +309,7 @@ public class ZkStateReader implements Closeable {
           }
         }
       } else if (ref.isLazilyLoaded()) {
+        LOG.info("Refreshing lazily-loaded state for collection {}", collection);
         if (ref.get() != null) {
           return;
         }
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ public class ZkStateReader implements Closeable {
         refreshLegacyClusterState(null);
       } else if (watchedCollectionStates.containsKey(collection)) {
         // Exists as a watched collection, force a refresh.
+        LOG.info("Forcing refresh of watched collection state for {}", collection);
         DocCollection newState = fetchCollectionState(collection, null);
         if (updateWatchedCollection(collection, newState)) {
           constructState(Collections.singletonMap(collection, newState));