diff --git a/elasticsearch/connection/base.py b/elasticsearch/connection/base.py
index 7841fd02..40c487e5 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/connection/base.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/connection/base.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Connection(object):
             tracer.info("curl -X%s 'http://localhost:9200%s' -d '%s'", method, path, _pretty_json(body) if body else '')
 
         if tracer.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-            tracer.debug('# [%s] (%.3fs)\n#%s', status_code, duration, _pretty_json(response).replace('\n', '\n#') if response else '')
+            tracer.debug('#[%s] (%.3fs)\n#%s', status_code, duration, _pretty_json(response).replace('\n', '\n#') if response else '')
 
     def log_request_fail(self, method, full_url, duration, status_code=None, exception=None):
         """ Log an unsuccessful API call.  """
diff --git a/elasticsearch/connection_pool.py b/elasticsearch/connection_pool.py
index be359bfe..13d545e3 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/connection_pool.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/connection_pool.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 import time
 import random
+import logging
 
 try:
     from Queue import PriorityQueue, Empty
 except ImportError:
     from queue import PriorityQueue, Empty
 
+logger = logging.getLogger('elasticsearch')
+
 class ConnectionSelector(object):
     """
     Simple class used to select a connection from a list of currently live
@@ -133,6 +136,10 @@ class ConnectionPool(object):
             self.dead_count[connection] = dead_count
             timeout = self.dead_timeout * 2 ** min(dead_count - 1, self.timeout_cutoff)
             self.dead.put((now + timeout, connection))
+            logger.warning(
+                'Connection %r has failed for %i times in a row, putting on %i second timeout.',
+                connection, dead_count, timeout
+            )
 
     def mark_live(self, connection):
         """
@@ -175,6 +182,7 @@ class ConnectionPool(object):
 
         # either we were forced or the connection is elligible to be retried
         self.connections.append(connection)
+        logger.info('Resurrecting connection %r (force=%s).', connection, force)
 
     def get_connection(self):
         """