diff --git a/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md b/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md
index 97ae18eab..2064bfd93 100644
--- a/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cosmovisor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 ### Improvements
 
 + [\#10018](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10018) Strict boolean argument parsing: cosmovisor will fail if user will not set correctly a boolean variable. Correct values are: "true", "false", "" (not setting) - all case not sensitive.
++ [\#10036](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/10036) Improve logs when downloading the binary.
 
 ## v0.1 2021-08-06
 
diff --git a/cosmovisor/process.go b/cosmovisor/process.go
index 98e0b9ef5..3059db986 100644
--- a/cosmovisor/process.go
+++ b/cosmovisor/process.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ func (l Launcher) WaitForUpgradeOrExit(cmd *exec.Cmd) (bool, error) {
 	select {
 	case <-l.fw.MonitorUpdate(currentUpgrade):
 		// upgrade - kill the process and restart
+		fmt.Println("[cosmovisor] Daemon shutting down in an attempt to restart")
 		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
 	case err := <-cmdDone:
 		l.fw.Stop()
diff --git a/cosmovisor/upgrade.go b/cosmovisor/upgrade.go
index f8000fdf9..8ea5e91c6 100644
--- a/cosmovisor/upgrade.go
+++ b/cosmovisor/upgrade.go
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ func DoUpgrade(cfg *Config, info UpgradeInfo) error {
 	}
 
 	// If not there, then we try to download it... maybe
+	fmt.Println("[cosmovisor] No upgrade binary found, beginning to download it")
 	if err := DownloadBinary(cfg, info); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot download binary. %w", err)
 	}
+	fmt.Println("[cosmovisor] Downloading binary complete")
 
 	// and then set the binary again
 	if err := EnsureBinary(cfg.UpgradeBin(info.Name)); err != nil {