diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterState.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterState.java
index 2ce671f934d..f7e8f86962b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/ClusterState.java
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ public class ClusterState implements ToXContent {
 
     public String prettyPrint() {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("version: ").append(version).append("\n");
+        sb.append("meta data version: ").append(metaData.version()).append("\n");
         sb.append(nodes().prettyPrint());
         sb.append(routingTable().prettyPrint());
         sb.append(readOnlyRoutingNodes().prettyPrint());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingTable.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingTable.java
index 5a21c2ea888..b7648716587 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/RoutingTable.java
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ public class RoutingTable implements Iterable<IndexRoutingTable> {
     }
 
     public String prettyPrint() {
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("routing_table:\n");
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("routing_table (version ").append(version).append("):\n");
         for (Map.Entry<String, IndexRoutingTable> entry : indicesRouting.entrySet()) {
             sb.append(entry.getValue().prettyPrint()).append('\n');
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/InternalClusterService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/InternalClusterService.java
index 40ad8b13f41..686f55f1b45 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/InternalClusterService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/service/InternalClusterService.java
@@ -379,10 +379,8 @@ public class InternalClusterService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<ClusterSe
                 newClusterState.status(ClusterState.ClusterStateStatus.BEING_APPLIED);
 
                 if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
-                    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("cluster state updated:\nversion [").append(newClusterState.version()).append("], source [").append(source).append("]\n");
-                    sb.append(newClusterState.nodes().prettyPrint());
-                    sb.append(newClusterState.routingTable().prettyPrint());
-                    sb.append(newClusterState.readOnlyRoutingNodes().prettyPrint());
+                    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("cluster state updated, source [").append(source).append("]\n");
+                    sb.append(newClusterState.prettyPrint());
                     logger.trace(sb.toString());
                 } else if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     logger.debug("cluster state updated, version [{}], source [{}]", newClusterState.version(), source);