diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Publishing/ScheduledPublisher.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Publishing/ScheduledPublisher.cs
index 94df1b88f1..b57bb1451a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Publishing/ScheduledPublisher.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Publishing/ScheduledPublisher.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
@@ -26,12 +27,16 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Publishing
         public int CheckPendingAndProcess()
         {
             var counter = 0;
-            foreach (var d in _contentService.GetContentForRelease())
+            var contentForRelease = _contentService.GetContentForRelease().ToArray();
+            if (contentForRelease.Length > 0)
+                LogHelper.Debug<ScheduledPublisher>(string.Format("There's {0} item(s) of content to be published", contentForRelease.Length));
+            foreach (var d in contentForRelease)
             {
                 try
                 {
                     d.ReleaseDate = null;
                     var result = _contentService.SaveAndPublishWithStatus(d, (int)d.GetWriterProfile().Id);
+                    LogHelper.Debug<ContentService>(string.Format("Result of publish attempt: {0}", result.Result.StatusType));
                     if (result.Success == false)
                     {
                         if (result.Exception != null)
@@ -54,7 +59,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Publishing
                     throw;
                 }
             }
-            foreach (var d in _contentService.GetContentForExpiration())
+
+            var contentForExpiration = _contentService.GetContentForExpiration().ToArray();
+            if (contentForExpiration.Length > 0)
+                LogHelper.Debug<ScheduledPublisher>(string.Format("There's {0} item(s) of content to be unpublished", contentForExpiration.Length));
+            foreach (var d in contentForExpiration)
             {
                 try
                 {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
index 1703768ed2..c00b226d3e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/ContentService.cs
@@ -1124,7 +1124,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
         /// <returns>True if unpublishing succeeded, otherwise False</returns>
         public bool UnPublish(IContent content, int userId = 0)
         {
-            return ((IContentServiceOperations)this).UnPublish(content, userId).Success;
+            var attempt = ((IContentServiceOperations)this).UnPublish(content, userId);
+            LogHelper.Debug<ContentService>(string.Format("Result of unpublish attempt: {0}", attempt.Result.StatusType));
+            return attempt.Success;
         }
 
         /// <summary>