diff --git a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt
index fa505c589..77a13bd40 100644
--- a/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt
+++ b/src/functionalTest/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/JavaPluginsTest.kt
@@ -417,16 +417,8 @@ class JavaPluginsTest : BasePluginTest() {
           .trimMargin()
       )
 
-    val result = runWithSuccess(serverShadowJarPath, infoArgument)
+    runWithSuccess(serverShadowJarPath)
 
-    assertThat(result.output)
-      .contains(
-        if (addAttribute) {
-          "Adding Multi-Release attribute to the manifest if any dependencies contain it."
-        } else {
-          "Skipping adding Multi-Release attribute to the manifest as it is disabled."
-        }
-      )
     assertThat(outputServerShadowedJar.use { it.getMainAttr(multiReleaseAttributeKey) })
       .isEqualTo(if (addAttribute) "true" else null)
   }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPlugin.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPlugin.kt
index 27bb8dd23..c3ff83d99 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPlugin.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/ShadowPlugin.kt
@@ -37,12 +37,8 @@ public abstract class ShadowPlugin : Plugin<Project> {
   private fun Project.configureBuildScan() {
     val enableDevelocityIntegration =
       findOptionalProperty(ENABLE_DEVELOCITY_INTEGRATION_PROPERTY)?.toBoolean() ?: false
-    if (enableDevelocityIntegration) {
-      logger.info("Enabling Develocity integration for Shadow plugin.")
-    } else {
-      logger.info("Skipping Develocity integration for Shadow plugin.")
-      return
-    }
+    if (!enableDevelocityIntegration) return
+    logger.info("Enabling Develocity integration for Shadow plugin.")
     addBuildScanCustomValues()
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowCopyAction.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowCopyAction.kt
index 096986904..c79e626ca 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowCopyAction.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowCopyAction.kt
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ internal constructor(
 
     private fun transform(fileDetails: FileCopyDetails, path: String): Boolean {
       val transformer = transformers.find { it.canTransformResource(fileDetails) } ?: return false
+      logger.debug("Transforming resource '{}' using {}.", path, transformer::class.simpleName)
       fileDetails.inputStream().use { inputStream ->
         transformer.transform(
           TransformerContext(path = path, inputStream = inputStream, relocators = relocators)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.kt
index e39d04eaf..914b674d5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/tasks/ShadowJar.kt
@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ public abstract class ShadowJar : Jar() {
       } else {
         emptySet()
       }
+    if (unusedClasses.isNotEmpty()) {
+      logger.info("Found {} unused classes to drop for minimization.", unusedClasses.size)
+    }
     val actualTransformers =
       transformers.get().let { set ->
         if (
@@ -604,15 +607,7 @@ public abstract class ShadowJar : Jar() {
 
   private val packageRelocators: List<SimpleRelocator>
     get() {
-      if (enableAutoRelocation.get()) {
-        logger.info(
-          "Adding auto relocation packages in the dependencies with prefix '{}'.",
-          relocationPrefix.get(),
-        )
-      } else {
-        logger.info("Skipping package relocators as auto relocation is disabled.")
-        return emptyList()
-      }
+      if (!enableAutoRelocation.get()) return emptyList()
       val prefix = relocationPrefix.get()
       return includedDependencies.flatMap { file ->
         file.useZip {
@@ -643,6 +638,7 @@ public abstract class ShadowJar : Jar() {
           logger.info("Skipping non-existent dependency: {}", file)
         }
         file.isDirectory -> {
+          logger.debug("Including dependency: {}", file)
           from(file)
         }
         file.isAar() -> {
@@ -656,6 +652,7 @@ public abstract class ShadowJar : Jar() {
           throw GradleException(message)
         }
         else -> {
+          logger.debug("Including dependency: {}", file)
           from(archiveOperations.zipTree(file))
         }
       }
@@ -691,21 +688,16 @@ public abstract class ShadowJar : Jar() {
     val shadowFiles = shadowDependencies.get()
     if (!shadowFiles.isEmpty) {
       val attrs = listOf(classPathAttr) + shadowFiles.map { it.name }
-      manifest.attributes[classPathAttributeKey] = attrs.joinToString(" ").trim()
-    }
-
-    if (addMultiReleaseAttribute.get()) {
+      val classPathValue = attrs.joinToString(" ").trim()
+      manifest.attributes[classPathAttributeKey] = classPathValue
       logger.info(
-        "Adding {} attribute to the manifest if any dependencies contain it.",
-        multiReleaseAttributeKey,
+        "Adding {} attribute to the manifest with value '{}'.",
+        classPathAttributeKey,
+        classPathValue,
       )
-    } else {
-      logger.info(
-        "Skipping adding {} attribute to the manifest as it is disabled.",
-        multiReleaseAttributeKey,
-      )
-      return
     }
+
+    if (!addMultiReleaseAttribute.get()) return
     val includeMultiReleaseAttr = includedDependencies.any {
       try {
         JarFile(it).use { jarFile ->
@@ -720,6 +712,7 @@ public abstract class ShadowJar : Jar() {
     }
     if (includeMultiReleaseAttr) {
       manifest.attributes[multiReleaseAttributeKey] = true
+      logger.info("Adding {} attribute to the manifest.", multiReleaseAttributeKey)
     }
   }