diff --git a/replica/distributed_loader.cc b/replica/distributed_loader.cc
index f0f564b277..2b31a6fc51 100644
--- a/replica/distributed_loader.cc
+++ b/replica/distributed_loader.cc
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ future<> distributed_loader::populate_keyspace(distributed<replica::database>& d
 
         sstring cfname = cf->schema()->cf_name();
         auto sstdir = ks.column_family_directory(ksdir, cfname, uuid);
-        dblog.info("Keyspace {}: Reading CF {} id={} version={}", ks_name, cfname, uuid, s->version());
+        dblog.info("Keyspace {}: Reading CF {} id={} version={} storage={}", ks_name, cfname, uuid, s->version(), cf->get_storage_options().type_string());
 
         auto metadata = table_populator(db, ks_name, cfname);
         std::exception_ptr ex;
diff --git a/sstables/sstable_directory.cc b/sstables/sstable_directory.cc
index 095b9c4ec0..595047cc5f 100644
--- a/sstables/sstable_directory.cc
+++ b/sstables/sstable_directory.cc
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ sstable_directory::highest_version_seen() const {
 }
 
 future<> sstable_directory::process_sstable_dir(process_flags flags) {
-    dirlog.debug("Start processing directory {} for SSTables", _sstable_dir);
+    dirlog.debug("Start processing directory {} for SSTables (storage {})", _sstable_dir, _storage_opts->type_string());
     return _lister->process(*this, _sstable_dir, flags);
 }