diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go
index d0a5ab57a79a..3affd0f91d71 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/raft_transport.go
@@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ func (t *RaftTransport) SendAsync(
 		}
 		return true
 	default:
+		if logRaftSendQueueFullEvery.ShouldLog() {
+			log.Warningf(t.AnnotateCtx(context.Background()), "raft send queue to n%d is full", toNodeID)
+		}
 		releaseRaftMessageRequest(req)
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go
index 3c930cddefc7..e8fd803cc4be 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/store_raft.go
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/raft/v3/raftpb"
 )
 
+var (
+	logRaftRecvQueueFullEvery = log.Every(1 * time.Second)
+	logRaftSendQueueFullEvery = log.Every(1 * time.Second)
+)
+
 type raftRequestInfo struct {
 	req        *kvserverpb.RaftMessageRequest
 	respStream RaftMessageResponseStream
@@ -177,6 +182,9 @@ func (s *Store) HandleRaftUncoalescedRequest(
 		// TODO(peter): Return an error indicating the request was dropped. Note
 		// that dropping the request is safe. Raft will retry.
 		s.metrics.RaftRcvdMsgDropped.Inc(1)
+		if logRaftRecvQueueFullEvery.ShouldLog() {
+			log.Warningf(ctx, "raft receive queue for r%d is full", req.RangeID)
+		}
 		return false
 	}
 	q.infos = append(q.infos, raftRequestInfo{
@@ -540,9 +548,9 @@ func (s *Store) processTick(_ context.Context, rangeID roachpb.RangeID) bool {
 // See the comment in shouldFollowerQuiesceOnNotify for details on how these two
 // functions combine to provide the guarantee that:
 //
-//   If a quorum of replica in a Raft group is alive and at least
-//   one of these replicas is up-to-date, the Raft group will catch
-//   up any of the live, lagging replicas.
+//	If a quorum of replica in a Raft group is alive and at least
+//	one of these replicas is up-to-date, the Raft group will catch
+//	up any of the live, lagging replicas.
 //
 // Note that this mechanism can race with concurrent invocations of processTick,
 // which may have a copy of the previous livenessMap where the now-live node is