diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index 4ea0964bec..311011dcd7 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -63,16 +63,6 @@ func (c *Controller) RunOnce() error {
 
 	plan = plan.Calculate()
 
-	for _, change := range plan.Changes.Create {
-		log.Infof("Creating %s %s -> %s ..", change.RecordType, change.DNSName, change.Target)
-	}
-	for _, change := range plan.Changes.UpdateNew {
-		log.Infof("Updating %s %s -> %s ..", change.RecordType, change.DNSName, change.Target)
-	}
-	for _, change := range plan.Changes.Delete {
-		log.Infof("Deleting %s %s -> %s ..", change.RecordType, change.DNSName, change.Target)
-	}
-
 	return c.Registry.ApplyChanges(c.Zone, plan.Changes)
 }
 
diff --git a/registry/noop.go b/registry/noop.go
index e33700f8c4..c243b50052 100644
--- a/registry/noop.go
+++ b/registry/noop.go
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ func (im *NoopRegistry) Records(zone string) ([]*endpoint.Endpoint, error) {
 
 // ApplyChanges propagates changes to the dns provider
 func (im *NoopRegistry) ApplyChanges(zone string, changes *plan.Changes) error {
+	logChanges(changes)
 	return im.provider.ApplyChanges(zone, changes)
 }
diff --git a/registry/registry.go b/registry/registry.go
index a24e76807c..58c7d5bf15 100644
--- a/registry/registry.go
+++ b/registry/registry.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package registry
 
 import (
+	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-dns/endpoint"
 	"github.com/kubernetes-incubator/external-dns/plan"
 )
@@ -40,3 +41,15 @@ func filterOwnedRecords(ownerID string, eps []*endpoint.Endpoint) []*endpoint.En
 	}
 	return filtered
 }
+
+func logChanges(changes *plan.Changes) {
+	for _, change := range changes.Create {
+		log.Infof("Creating %s %s -> %s ..", change.RecordType, change.DNSName, change.Target)
+	}
+	for _, change := range changes.UpdateNew {
+		log.Infof("Updating %s %s -> %s ..", change.RecordType, change.DNSName, change.Target)
+	}
+	for _, change := range changes.Delete {
+		log.Infof("Deleting %s %s -> %s ..", change.RecordType, change.DNSName, change.Target)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/registry/txt.go b/registry/txt.go
index 3cf30aa5da..3a744b454c 100644
--- a/registry/txt.go
+++ b/registry/txt.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (im *TXTRegistry) ApplyChanges(zone string, changes *plan.Changes) error {
 		txt := endpoint.NewEndpoint(im.mapper.toTXTName(r.DNSName), im.getTXTLabel(), "TXT")
 		filteredChanges.Delete = append(filteredChanges.Delete, txt)
 	}
-
+	logChanges(filteredChanges)
 	return im.provider.ApplyChanges(zone, filteredChanges)
 }