diff --git a/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc b/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
index b2978a65a7..aa76589303 100644
--- a/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
+++ b/db/commitlog/commitlog.cc
@@ -2052,7 +2052,7 @@ future<> db::commitlog::segment_manager::shutdown() {
         }
     }
     co_await _shutdown_promise->get_shared_future();
-    clogger.info("Commitlog shutdown complete");
+    clogger.debug("Commitlog shutdown complete");
 }
 
 void db::commitlog::segment_manager::add_file_to_dispose(named_file f, dispose_mode mode) {
diff --git a/replica/database.cc b/replica/database.cc
index e50893cf42..2e0bb0fba7 100644
--- a/replica/database.cc
+++ b/replica/database.cc
@@ -2283,10 +2283,14 @@ future<> database::stop() {
 
     // try to ensure that CL has done disk flushing
     if (_commitlog) {
+        dblog.info("Shutting down commitlog");
         co_await _commitlog->shutdown();
+        dblog.info("Shutting down commitlog complete");
     }
     if (_schema_commitlog) {
+        dblog.info("Shutting down schema commitlog");
         co_await _schema_commitlog->shutdown();
+        dblog.info("Shutting down schema commitlog complete");
     }
     co_await _view_update_concurrency_sem.wait(max_memory_pending_view_updates());
     if (_commitlog) {