1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/vespa-feed-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/feed/client/GracePeriodCircuitBreaker.java b/vespa-feed-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/feed/client/GracePeriodCircuitBreaker.java
index c319bfca252..814d0283140 100644
--- a/vespa-feed-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/feed/client/GracePeriodCircuitBreaker.java
+++ b/vespa-feed-client/src/main/java/ai/vespa/feed/client/GracePeriodCircuitBreaker.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.FINE;
+import static java.util.logging.Level.INFO;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.WARNING;
 
 /**
@@ -60,10 +61,13 @@ public class GracePeriodCircuitBreaker implements FeedClient.CircuitBreaker {
     public State state() {
         long failingMillis = clock.getAsLong() - failingSinceMillis.get();
         if (failingMillis > graceMillis && halfOpen.compareAndSet(false, true))
-            log.log(FINE, "Circuit breaker is now half-open");
+            log.log(INFO, "Circuit breaker is now half-open, as no requests have succeeded for the " +
+                          "last " + failingMillis + "ms. The server will be pinged to see if it recovers, " +
+                          "but this client will give up if no successes are observed within " + doomMillis + "ms");
 
         if (failingMillis > doomMillis && open.compareAndSet(false, true))
-            log.log(WARNING, "Circuit breaker is now open");
+            log.log(WARNING, "Circuit breaker is now open, after " + doomMillis + "ms of failing request, " +
+                             "and this client will give up and abort its remaining feed operations.");
 
         return open.get() ? State.OPEN : halfOpen.get() ? State.HALF_OPEN : State.CLOSED;
     }