diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_dist.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_dist.go
index eebcdf01e62d..dc6bce94dc77 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_dist.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/changefeed_dist.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/ctxgroup"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 )
 
@@ -240,6 +241,9 @@ func startDistChangefeed(
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if log.ExpensiveLogEnabled(ctx, 2) {
+		log.Infof(ctx, "tracked spans: %s", trackedSpans)
+	}
 	localState.trackedSpans = trackedSpans
 
 	// Changefeed flows handle transactional consistency themselves.
@@ -385,9 +389,15 @@ func makePlan(
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
+		if log.ExpensiveLogEnabled(ctx, 2) {
+			log.Infof(ctx, "spans returned by DistSQL: %s", spanPartitions)
+		}
 		switch {
 		case distMode == sql.DistributionTypeNone || rangeDistribution == int64(defaultDistribution):
 		case rangeDistribution == int64(balancedSimpleDistribution):
+			if log.ExpensiveLogEnabled(ctx, 2) {
+				log.Infof(ctx, "rebalancing ranges using balanced simple distribution")
+			}
 			sender := execCtx.ExecCfg().DB.NonTransactionalSender()
 			distSender := sender.(*kv.CrossRangeTxnWrapperSender).Wrapped().(*kvcoord.DistSender)
 
@@ -396,6 +406,9 @@ func makePlan(
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, err
 			}
+			if log.ExpensiveLogEnabled(ctx, 2) {
+				log.Infof(ctx, "spans after balanced simple distribution rebalancing: %s", spanPartitions)
+			}
 		default:
 			return nil, nil, errors.AssertionFailedf("unsupported dist strategy %d and dist mode %d",
 				rangeDistribution, distMode)
@@ -426,6 +439,9 @@ func makePlan(
 
 		aggregatorSpecs := make([]*execinfrapb.ChangeAggregatorSpec, len(spanPartitions))
 		for i, sp := range spanPartitions {
+			if log.ExpensiveLogEnabled(ctx, 2) {
+				log.Infof(ctx, "watched spans for node %d: %s", sp.SQLInstanceID, sp)
+			}
 			watches := make([]execinfrapb.ChangeAggregatorSpec_Watch, len(sp.Spans))
 			for watchIdx, nodeSpan := range sp.Spans {
 				initialResolved := initialHighWater