diff --git a/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go b/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go
index 440737bd696..8817e20e029 100644
--- a/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go
+++ b/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go
@@ -499,6 +499,8 @@ func (hc *HealthCheckImpl) updateHealth(th *TabletHealth, prevTarget *query.Targ
 	hc.mu.Lock()
 	defer hc.mu.Unlock()
 
+	log.Infof("updating tablet health: trivialUpdate: %v, up: %v, target: %v; tablet: %v; serving: %v", trivialUpdate, up, th.Target, th.Tablet, th.Serving)
+
 	tabletAlias := tabletAliasString(topoproto.TabletAliasString(th.Tablet.Alias))
 	// let's be sure that this tablet hasn't been deleted from the authoritative map
 	// so that we're not racing to update it and in effect re-adding a copy of the
@@ -516,6 +518,9 @@ func (hc *HealthCheckImpl) updateHealth(th *TabletHealth, prevTarget *query.Targ
 		// keyspace and shard are not expected to change, but just in case ...
 		// move this tabletHealthCheck to the correct map
 		oldTargetKey := KeyFromTarget(prevTarget)
+
+		log.Infof("deleting tablet %v from health stats", th.Tablet)
+
 		delete(hc.healthData[oldTargetKey], tabletAlias)
 		_, ok := hc.healthData[targetKey]
 		if !ok {
@@ -554,6 +559,7 @@ func (hc *HealthCheckImpl) updateHealth(th *TabletHealth, prevTarget *query.Targ
 			alias := tabletAliasString(topoproto.TabletAliasString(healthy[0].Tablet.Alias))
 			// Clear healthy list for primary if the existing tablet is down
 			if alias == tabletAlias {
+				log.Warningf("Removing tablet %v from the healthy map.", tabletAlias)
 				hc.healthy[targetKey] = []*TabletHealth{}
 			}
 		}
@@ -563,6 +569,7 @@ func (hc *HealthCheckImpl) updateHealth(th *TabletHealth, prevTarget *query.Targ
 		// We re-sort the healthy tablet list whenever we get a health update for tablets we can route to.
 		// Tablets from other cells for non-primary targets should not trigger a re-sort;
 		// they should also be excluded from healthy list.
+		log.Infof("Recomputing tablet healthy stats for %v", th.Tablet)
 		if th.Target.TabletType != topodata.TabletType_PRIMARY && hc.isIncluded(th.Target.TabletType, th.Tablet.Alias) {
 			hc.recomputeHealthy(targetKey)
 		}
diff --git a/go/vt/discovery/tablet_health_check.go b/go/vt/discovery/tablet_health_check.go
index 05ab47dee05..cd14cc6df88 100644
--- a/go/vt/discovery/tablet_health_check.go
+++ b/go/vt/discovery/tablet_health_check.go
@@ -224,6 +224,8 @@ func (thc *tabletHealthCheck) processResponse(hc *HealthCheckImpl, shr *query.St
 	}
 	thc.setServingState(serving, reason)
 
+	log.Infof("healthcheck update for tablet %v: serving: %v, reason: %s", thc.Tablet, thc.Serving, reason)
+
 	// notify downstream for primary change
 	hc.updateHealth(thc.SimpleCopy(), prevTarget, trivialUpdate, thc.Serving)
 	return nil
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ func (thc *tabletHealthCheck) checkConn(hc *HealthCheckImpl) {
 			}
 			// trivialUpdate = false because this is an error
 			// up = false because we did not get a healthy response
+			log.Errorf("healthcheck got error for tablet %v : %v", thc.Tablet, err.Error())
 			hc.updateHealth(thc.SimpleCopy(), thc.Target, false, false)
 		}
 		// If there was a timeout send an error. We do this after stream has returned.
@@ -337,6 +340,7 @@ func (thc *tabletHealthCheck) checkConn(hc *HealthCheckImpl) {
 			hcErrorCounters.Add([]string{thc.Target.Keyspace, thc.Target.Shard, topoproto.TabletTypeLString(thc.Target.TabletType)}, 1)
 			// trivialUpdate = false because this is an error
 			// up = false because we did not get a healthy response within the timeout
+			log.Warningf("healthcheck timed out for tablet %v", thc.Tablet)
 			hc.updateHealth(thc.SimpleCopy(), thc.Target, false, false)
 		}