diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ExponentialBackoffIntervalCalculator.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ExponentialBackoffIntervalCalculator.java
index 7234c7b1fda..e0abb02d9f1 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ExponentialBackoffIntervalCalculator.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ExponentialBackoffIntervalCalculator.java
@@ -17,15 +17,12 @@
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Config;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.RequestConfig;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 public class ExponentialBackoffIntervalCalculator {
 
-  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExponentialBackoffIntervalCalculator.class);
   //we were using the same default in multiple places, so it has been moved here for now
   private static final int MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL_EXPONENT = 5;
 
@@ -57,9 +54,7 @@ public void resetReconnectAttempts() {
 
   public final long nextReconnectInterval() {
     int exponentOfTwo = currentReconnectAttempt.getAndIncrement();
-    long ret = getInterval(exponentOfTwo);
-    logger.debug("Current reconnect backoff is {} milliseconds (T{})", ret, exponentOfTwo);
-    return ret;
+    return getInterval(exponentOfTwo);
   }
 
   public int getCurrentReconnectAttempt() {
diff --git a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/AbstractWatchManager.java b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/AbstractWatchManager.java
index d25d66e6cda..44760ace0fd 100644
--- a/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/AbstractWatchManager.java
+++ b/kubernetes-client/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/dsl/internal/AbstractWatchManager.java
@@ -195,10 +195,10 @@ void scheduleReconnect(WatchRequestState state) {
       return;
     }
 
-    logger.debug("Scheduling reconnect task");
-
     long delay = nextReconnectInterval();
 
+    logger.debug("Scheduling reconnect task in {} ms", delay);
+
     synchronized (this) {
       reconnectAttempt = Utils.schedule(baseOperation.context.getExecutor(), this::reconnect, delay, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
       if (isForceClosed()) {