diff --git a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
index 59d938211e..fc3e5779c6 100644
--- a/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
+++ b/maven-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/DefaultMaven.java
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ public class DefaultMaven
         throws LocalRepositoryNotAccessibleException
     {
         File localRepoDir = request.getLocalRepositoryPath();
+
+        logger.debug( "Using local repository at " + localRepoDir );
+
         localRepoDir.mkdirs();
 
         if ( !localRepoDir.isDirectory() )
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
index f5de33be86..2656861f37 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/MavenCli.java
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ public class MavenCli
             userSettingsFile = DEFAULT_USER_SETTINGS_FILE;
         }
 
+        logger.debug( "Reading user settings from " + userSettingsFile );
+
         File globalSettingsFile;
 
         if ( cliRequest.commandLine.hasOption( CLIManager.ALTERNATE_GLOBAL_SETTINGS ) )
@@ -536,6 +538,8 @@ public class MavenCli
             globalSettingsFile = DEFAULT_GLOBAL_SETTINGS_FILE;
         }
 
+        logger.debug( "Reading global settings from " + globalSettingsFile );
+
         cliRequest.request.setGlobalSettingsFile( globalSettingsFile );
         cliRequest.request.setUserSettingsFile( userSettingsFile );