diff --git a/src/main/java/org/commonjava/util/jhttpc/HttpFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/commonjava/util/jhttpc/HttpFactory.java
index d7a65ff..b6cd435 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/commonjava/util/jhttpc/HttpFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/commonjava/util/jhttpc/HttpFactory.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public CloseableHttpClient createClient( final SiteConfig location, final List<H
             }
 
             ConnectionManagerTracker managerWrapper = connectionCache.getTrackerFor( connConfig );
-            logger.debug( "Using connection manager tracker: {}", managerWrapper );
+            logger.debug( "Using the connection manager tracker: {}", managerWrapper );
             builder.setConnectionManager( managerWrapper.acquire() );
 
             if ( location.getProxyHost() != null )
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ public CloseableHttpClient createClient( final SiteConfig location, final List<H
             }
 
             final int timeout = 1000 * location.getRequestTimeoutSeconds();
+            logger.debug( "Request timeout value: {}", timeout );
             builder.setDefaultRequestConfig( RequestConfig.custom()
 //                                                          .setConnectionRequestTimeout( timeout )
                                                           .setSocketTimeout( timeout )