diff --git a/elasticsearch/client/utils.py b/elasticsearch/client/utils.py
index 722f9821..fc33c43b 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/client/utils.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/client/utils.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def _make_path(*parts):
     """
     #TODO: maybe only allow some parts to be lists/tuples ?
     return '/' + '/'.join(
-        quote_plus(_escape(p), ',') for p in parts if p not in SKIP_IN_PATH)
+        # preserve ',' and '*' in url for nicer URLs in logs
+        quote_plus(_escape(p), ',*') for p in parts if p not in SKIP_IN_PATH)
 
 # parameters that apply to all methods
 GLOBAL_PARAMS = ('pretty', )