diff --git a/pkg/custompluginmonitor/plugin/plugin.go b/pkg/custompluginmonitor/plugin/plugin.go
index e5703a82..6738c2e8 100644
--- a/pkg/custompluginmonitor/plugin/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/custompluginmonitor/plugin/plugin.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Run() {
 
 // run each rule in parallel and wait for them to complete
 func (p *Plugin) runRules() {
-	glog.Info("Start to run custom plugins")
+	glog.V(3).Info("Start to run custom plugins")
 
 	for _, rule := range p.config.Rules {
 		p.syncChan <- struct{}{}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) runRules() {
 	}
 
 	p.Wait()
-	glog.Info("Finish running custom plugins")
+	glog.V(3).Info("Finish running custom plugins")
 }
 
 // readFromReader reads the maxBytes from the reader and drains the rest.
@@ -203,12 +203,6 @@ func (p *Plugin) run(rule cpmtypes.CustomRule) (exitStatus cpmtypes.Status, outp
 		}
 	}
 
-	// log the stderr from the plugin
-	if len(stderr) != 0 {
-		glog.Infof("Start logs from plugin %q \n %s", rule.Path, string(stderr))
-		glog.Infof("End logs from plugin %q", rule.Path)
-	}
-
 	// trim suffix useless bytes
 	output = string(stdout)
 	output = strings.TrimSpace(output)
@@ -227,8 +221,10 @@ func (p *Plugin) run(rule cpmtypes.CustomRule) (exitStatus cpmtypes.Status, outp
 	case 0:
 		return cpmtypes.OK, output
 	case 1:
+		logPluginStderr(rule.Path, string(stderr))
 		return cpmtypes.NonOK, output
 	default:
+		logPluginStderr(rule.Path, string(stderr))
 		return cpmtypes.Unknown, output
 	}
 }
@@ -237,3 +233,10 @@ func (p *Plugin) Stop() {
 	p.tomb.Stop()
 	glog.Info("Stop plugin execution")
 }
+
+func logPluginStderr(path, logs string) {
+	if len(logs) != 0 {
+		glog.Infof("Start logs from plugin %q \n %s", path, string(logs))
+		glog.Infof("End logs from plugin %q", path)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go b/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go
index f4dfdf5c..e0eb448f 100644
--- a/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go
+++ b/pkg/healthchecker/health_checker.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type healthChecker struct {
+	component       string
 	enableRepair    bool
 	healthCheckFunc func() bool
 	// The repair is "best-effort" and ignores the error from the underlying actions.
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ type healthChecker struct {
 // NewHealthChecker returns a new health checker configured with the given options.
 func NewHealthChecker(hco *options.HealthCheckerOptions) (types.HealthChecker, error) {
 	hc := &healthChecker{
+		component:          hco.Component,
 		enableRepair:       hco.EnableRepair,
 		crictlPath:         hco.CriCtlPath,
 		healthCheckTimeout: hco.HealthCheckTimeout,
@@ -139,14 +141,14 @@ func (hc *healthChecker) CheckHealth() bool {
 	// The service is unhealthy.
 	// Attempt repair based on flag.
 	if hc.enableRepair {
-		glog.Infof("health-checker: component is unhealthy, proceeding to repair")
 		// repair if the service has been up for the cool down period.
 		uptime, err := hc.uptimeFunc()
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.Infof("health-checker: %v\n", err.Error())
+			glog.Infof("error in getting uptime for %v: %v\n", hc.component, err)
 		}
-		glog.Infof("health-checker: component uptime: %v\n", uptime)
+		glog.Infof("%v is unhealthy, component uptime: %v\n", hc.component, uptime)
 		if uptime > hc.coolDownTime {
+			glog.Infof("%v cooldown period of %v exceeded, repairing", hc.component, hc.coolDownTime)
 			hc.repairFunc()
 		}
 	}
@@ -159,10 +161,9 @@ func execCommand(timeout time.Duration, command string, args ...string) (string,
 	defer cancel()
 
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, command, args...)
-	glog.Infof("health-checker: executing command : %v\n", cmd)
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Infof("health-checker: command failed : %v, %v\n", err.Error(), out)
+		glog.Infof("command %v failed: %v, %v\n", cmd, err, out)
 		return "", err
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSuffix(string(out), "\n"), nil