diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayStartedShards.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayStartedShards.java
index 9186d4a8120..673c3af6677 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayStartedShards.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gateway/TransportNodesListGatewayStartedShards.java
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ public class TransportNodesListGatewayStartedShards extends TransportNodesOperat
     @Override
     protected NodeGatewayStartedShards nodeOperation(NodeRequest request) throws ElasticsearchException {
         try {
-            logger.trace("loading shard state info for {}", request.shardId);
+            logger.trace("{} loading local shard state info", request.shardId);
             ShardStateInfo shardStateInfo = shardsState.loadShardInfo(request.shardId);
             if (shardStateInfo != null) {
                 logger.debug("{} shard state info found: [{}]", request.shardId, shardStateInfo);
                 return new NodeGatewayStartedShards(clusterService.localNode(), shardStateInfo.version);
             }
-            logger.trace("no shard info found for {}", request.shardId);
+            logger.trace("{} no local shard info found", request.shardId);
             return new NodeGatewayStartedShards(clusterService.localNode(), -1);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new ElasticsearchException("failed to load started shards", e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java
index 69b93699c90..55616f0419f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/store/TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData.java
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ public class TransportNodesListShardStoreMetaData extends TransportNodesOperatio
         } finally {
             TimeValue took = new TimeValue(System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime);
             if (exists) {
-                logger.debug("loaded store meta data for {} (took [{}])", shardId, took);
+                logger.debug("{} loaded store meta data (took [{}])", shardId, took);
             } else {
-                logger.trace("loaded store meta data for {} (took [{}])", shardId, took);
+                logger.trace("{} didn't find any store meta data to load (took [{}])", shardId, took);
             }
         }
     }