diff --git a/go/vt/discovery/keyspace_events.go b/go/vt/discovery/keyspace_events.go
index 1cb44184778..147606c553b 100644
--- a/go/vt/discovery/keyspace_events.go
+++ b/go/vt/discovery/keyspace_events.go
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func (kss *keyspaceState) ensureConsistentLocked() {
 	// watcher. this means the ongoing availability event has been resolved, so we can broadcast
 	// a resolution event to all listeners
 	kss.consistent = true
+	log.Infof("keyspace %s is now consistent", kss.keyspace)
 
 	kss.moveTablesState = nil
 
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ func (kss *keyspaceState) ensureConsistentLocked() {
 			Serving: sstate.serving,
 		})
 
-		log.Infof("keyspace event resolved: %s is now consistent (serving: %t)",
+		log.V(2).Infof("keyspace event resolved: %s is now consistent (serving: %t)",
 			topoproto.KeyspaceShardString(sstate.target.Keyspace, sstate.target.Shard),
 			sstate.serving,
 		)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/buffer/shard_buffer.go b/go/vt/vtgate/buffer/shard_buffer.go
index 66c6ee702e6..f3196a16415 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/buffer/shard_buffer.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/buffer/shard_buffer.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (sb *shardBuffer) startBufferingLocked(ctx context.Context, kev *discovery.
 		msg = "Dry-run: Would have started buffering"
 	}
 	starts.Add(sb.statsKey, 1)
-	log.V(2).Infof("%v for shard: %s (window: %v, size: %v, max failover duration: %v) (A failover was detected by this seen error: %v.)",
+	log.Infof("%v for shard: %s (window: %v, size: %v, max failover duration: %v) (A failover was detected by this seen error: %v.)",
 		msg,
 		topoproto.KeyspaceShardString(sb.keyspace, sb.shard),
 		sb.buf.config.Window,
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ func (sb *shardBuffer) stopBufferingLocked(reason stopReason, details string) {
 	if sb.mode == bufferModeDryRun {
 		msg = "Dry-run: Would have stopped buffering"
 	}
-	log.V(2).Infof("%v for shard: %s after: %.1f seconds due to: %v. Draining %d buffered requests now.",
+	log.Infof("%v for shard: %s after: %.1f seconds due to: %v. Draining %d buffered requests now.",
 		msg, topoproto.KeyspaceShardString(sb.keyspace, sb.shard), d.Seconds(), details, len(q))
 
 	var clientEntryError error
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ func (sb *shardBuffer) drain(q []*entry, err error) {
 	wg.Wait()
 
 	d := sb.timeNow().Sub(start)
-	log.V(2).Infof("Draining finished for shard: %s Took: %v for: %d requests.", topoproto.KeyspaceShardString(sb.keyspace, sb.shard), d, len(q))
+	log.Infof("Draining finished for shard: %s Took: %v for: %d requests.", topoproto.KeyspaceShardString(sb.keyspace, sb.shard), d, len(q))
 	requestsDrained.Add(sb.statsKey, int64(len(q)))
 
 	// Draining is done. Change state from "draining" to "idle".