diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/BUILD.bazel
index ca63215d9630..12ce56996eb5 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/BUILD.bazel
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/util/future",
         "//pkg/util/grpcutil",
         "//pkg/util/hlc",
+        "//pkg/util/humanizeutil",
         "//pkg/util/iterutil",
         "//pkg/util/limit",
         "//pkg/util/log",
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/dist_sender.go b/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/dist_sender.go
index 35526165c8a4..59242b1bc12c 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/dist_sender.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/dist_sender.go
@@ -2571,8 +2571,8 @@ func (ds *DistSender) sendToReplicas(
 
 	case kvpb.RoutingPolicy_NEAREST:
 		// Order by latency.
-		log.VEvent(ctx, 2, "routing to nearest replica; leaseholder not required")
 		replicas.OptimizeReplicaOrder(ds.st, ds.nodeIDGetter(), ds.healthFunc, ds.latencyFunc, ds.locality)
+		log.VEventf(ctx, 2, "routing to nearest replica; leaseholder not required order=%v", replicas)
 
 	default:
 		log.Fatalf(ctx, "unknown routing policy: %s", ba.RoutingPolicy)
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/replica_slice.go b/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/replica_slice.go
index dcbfda6ec6d1..8fc8445f2a13 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/replica_slice.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvclient/kvcoord/replica_slice.go
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvclient"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings/cluster"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/humanizeutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/shuffle"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/redact"
 )
 
 // ReplicaInfo extends the Replica structure with the associated node
@@ -41,6 +43,25 @@ type ReplicaInfo struct {
 // A ReplicaSlice is a slice of ReplicaInfo.
 type ReplicaSlice []ReplicaInfo
 
+func (rs ReplicaSlice) String() string {
+	return redact.StringWithoutMarkers(rs)
+}
+
+// SafeFormat implements the redact.SafeFormatter interface.
+func (rs ReplicaSlice) SafeFormat(w redact.SafePrinter, _ rune) {
+	var buf redact.StringBuilder
+	buf.Print("[")
+	for i, r := range rs {
+		if i > 0 {
+			buf.Print(",")
+		}
+		buf.Printf("%v(health=%v match=%d latency=%v)",
+			r, r.healthy, r.tierMatchLength, humanizeutil.Duration(r.latency))
+	}
+	buf.Print("]")
+	w.Print(buf)
+}
+
 // ReplicaSliceFilter controls which kinds of replicas are to be included in
 // the slice for routing BatchRequests to.
 type ReplicaSliceFilter int