diff --git a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/messaging/ReconnectingChannel.java b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/messaging/ReconnectingChannel.java
index a52f220c962d3..3254fe57cfc94 100644
--- a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/messaging/ReconnectingChannel.java
+++ b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/messaging/ReconnectingChannel.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFuture;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelFutureListener;
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoop;
-import io.netty.util.Attribute;
 import io.netty.util.AttributeKey;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.Promise;
 
@@ -95,7 +94,9 @@ else if ( fChannel != null && !fChannel.isDone() )
         {
             if ( !f.isSuccess() )
             {
-                f.channel().eventLoop().schedule( this::tryConnect, connectionBackoff.getMillis(), MILLISECONDS );
+                long millis = connectionBackoff.getMillis();
+                log.warn( "Failed to connect to: %s. Retrying in %d ms", destination.socketAddress(), millis );
+                f.channel().eventLoop().schedule( this::tryConnect, millis, MILLISECONDS );
                 connectionBackoff.increment();
             }
             else
diff --git a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/net/Server.java b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/net/Server.java
index fcce7ffda5f16..094e4ec8f925d 100644
--- a/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/net/Server.java
+++ b/enterprise/causal-clustering/src/main/java/org/neo4j/causalclustering/net/Server.java
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ public synchronized void start()
         try
         {
             channel = bootstrap.bind().syncUninterruptibly().channel();
+            debugLog.info( serverName + ": bound to " + listenAddress );
         }
         catch ( Exception e )
         {