diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/ChangeLog-Operations.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/ChangeLog-Operations.ps1
index 3d159ad8b..f29fc1206 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/ChangeLog-Operations.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/ChangeLog-Operations.ps1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ function Get-ChangeLogEntries {
     LogError "ChangeLog[${ChangeLogLocation}] does not exist"
     return $null
   }
-  LogDebug "Extracting entries from [${ChangeLogLocation}]."
+  Write-Verbose "Extracting entries from [${ChangeLogLocation}]."
   return Get-ChangeLogEntriesFromContent (Get-Content -Path $ChangeLogLocation)
 }
 
diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1
index 70fa78a1e..0142017c8 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Package-Properties.ps1
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ function Get-PrPkgProperties([string]$InputDiffJson) {
 
     # this is the primary loop that identifies the packages that have changes
     foreach ($pkg in $allPackageProperties) {
-        Write-Host "Processing changed files against $($pkg.Name). $pkgCounter of $($allPackageProperties.Count)."
+        Write-Verbose "Processing changed files against $($pkg.Name). $pkgCounter of $($allPackageProperties.Count)."
         $pkgDirectory = (Resolve-Path "$($pkg.DirectoryPath)").Path.Replace("`\", "/")
         $lookupKey = $pkgDirectory.Replace($RepoRoot, "").TrimStart('\/')
         $lookup[$lookupKey] = $pkg
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ function Get-PrPkgProperties([string]$InputDiffJson) {
             # handle direct changes to packages
             $shouldInclude = $filePath -eq $pkgDirectory -or $filePath -like "$pkgDirectory/*"
 
+            $includeMsg = "Including '$($pkg.Name)' because of changed file '$filePath'."
+
             # we only need to do additional work for indirect packages if we haven't already decided
             # to include this package due to this file
             if (-not $shouldInclude) {
@@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ function Get-PrPkgProperties([string]$InputDiffJson) {
                     $includedForValidation = ($filePath -like ("$resolvedRelativePath/*") -or $filePath -eq $resolvedRelativePath)
                     $shouldInclude = $shouldInclude -or $includedForValidation
                     if ($includedForValidation) {
+                        $includeMsg += " - (triggerPath: '$triggerPath')"
                         break
                     }
                 }
@@ -448,6 +451,8 @@ function Get-PrPkgProperties([string]$InputDiffJson) {
             }
 
             if ($shouldInclude) {
+
+                LogInfo $includeMsg
                 $packagesWithChanges += $pkg
 
                 if ($pkg.AdditionalValidationPackages) {
@@ -474,6 +479,7 @@ function Get-PrPkgProperties([string]$InputDiffJson) {
 
             if ($pkg.Name -notin $existingPackageNames) {
                 $pkg.IncludedForValidation = $true
+                LogInfo "Including '$($pkg.Name)' for validation only because it is a dependency of another package."
                 $packagesWithChanges += $pkg
             }
         }
@@ -484,6 +490,9 @@ function Get-PrPkgProperties([string]$InputDiffJson) {
     if ($AdditionalValidationPackagesFromPackageSetFn -and (Test-Path "Function:$AdditionalValidationPackagesFromPackageSetFn")) {
         $additionalPackages = &$AdditionalValidationPackagesFromPackageSetFn $packagesWithChanges $diff $allPackageProperties
         $packagesWithChanges += $additionalPackages
+        foreach ($pkg in $additionalPackages) {
+            LogInfo "Including '$($pkg.Name)' from the additional validation package set."
+        }
     }
 
     # finally, if we have gotten all the way here and we still don't have any packages, we should include the template service