diff --git a/services/document-updater/app.coffee b/services/document-updater/app.coffee
index 1d6a57239e..a1a18d5889 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app.coffee
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ http = require("http")
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 logger.initialize("documentupdater")
+logger.logger.serializers.docs = require("./app/js/LoggerSerializers").docs
+logger.logger.serializers.files = require("./app/js/LoggerSerializers").files
 if Settings.sentry?.dsn?
 	logger.initializeErrorReporting(Settings.sentry.dsn)
 
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
index 4a7ff3b302..2f3f8d7d66 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HttpController.coffee
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ module.exports = HttpController =
 		project_id = req.params.project_id
 		{docs, files} = req.body
 
+		logger.log {project_id}, "queuing project history resync via http"
 		HistoryManager.resyncProjectHistory project_id, docs, files, (error) ->
 			return next(error) if error?
+			logger.log {project_id}, "queued project history resync via http"
 			res.send 204
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LoggerSerializers.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LoggerSerializers.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d4bfc42c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/LoggerSerializers.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module.exports =
+	docs: (docs) ->
+		docs.map (doc) ->
+			{
+				path: doc.path
+				id: doc.doc
+			}
+
+	files: (files) ->
+		files.map (file) ->
+			{
+				path: file.path
+				id: file.file
+			}
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
index 8f0b161bc0..a959b1dd41 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ module.exports = RedisManager =
 		rclient.smembers keys.docsInProject(project_id: project_id), callback
 
 	queueResyncProjectStructure: (project_id, docs, files, callback) ->
+		logger.log {project_id, docs, files}, "queue project structure resync"
 		update =
 			resyncProjectStructure: { docs, files }
 			meta:
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ module.exports = RedisManager =
 		rclient.rpush projectHistoryKeys.projectHistoryOps({project_id}), jsonUpdate, callback
 
 	queueResyncDocContents: (project_id, doc_id, lines, version, pathname, callback) ->
+		logger.log {project_id, doc_id, pathname}, "queue doc content resync"
 		update =
 			resyncDocContents:
 				content: lines.join("\n"),