diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.java
index d497270950224..c0d8bd4e06e48 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.set.Sets;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.gateway.GatewayService;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 
@@ -62,12 +63,12 @@ public WriteLoadConstraintMonitor(
     public void onNewInfo(ClusterInfo clusterInfo) {
         final ClusterState state = clusterStateSupplier.get();
         if (state.blocks().hasGlobalBlock(GatewayService.STATE_NOT_RECOVERED_BLOCK)) {
-            logger.debug("skipping monitor as the cluster state is not recovered yet");
+            logger.trace("skipping monitor as the cluster state is not recovered yet");
             return;
         }
 
         if (writeLoadConstraintSettings.getWriteLoadConstraintEnabled().notFullyEnabled()) {
-            logger.debug("skipping monitor because the write load decider is not fully enabled");
+            logger.trace("skipping monitor because the write load decider is not fully enabled");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ public void onNewInfo(ClusterInfo clusterInfo) {
         });
 
         if (nodeIdsExceedingLatencyThreshold.isEmpty()) {
-            logger.debug("No hot-spotting nodes detected");
+            logger.trace("No hot-spotting nodes detected");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -94,12 +95,22 @@ public void onNewInfo(ClusterInfo clusterInfo) {
         final boolean haveCalledRerouteRecently = timeSinceLastRerouteMillis < writeLoadConstraintSettings.getMinimumRerouteInterval()
             .millis();
 
+        // We know that there is at least one hot-spotting node if we've reached this code. Now check whether there are any new hot-spots
+        // or hot-spots that are persisting and need further balancing work.
         if (haveCalledRerouteRecently == false
             || Sets.difference(nodeIdsExceedingLatencyThreshold, lastSetOfHotSpottedNodes).isEmpty() == false) {
             if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug(
-                    "Found {} exceeding the write thread pool queue latency threshold ({} total), triggering reroute",
+                    """
+                        Nodes [{}] are hot-spotting, of {} total cluster nodes. Reroute for hot-spotting {}. \
+                        Previously hot-spotting nodes are [{}]. The write thread pool queue latency threshold is [{}]. Triggering reroute.
+                        """,
                     nodeSummary(nodeIdsExceedingLatencyThreshold),
+                    state.nodes().size(),
+                    lastRerouteTimeMillis == 0
+                        ? "has never previously been called"
+                        : "was last called [" + TimeValue.timeValueMillis(timeSinceLastRerouteMillis) + "] ago",
+                    nodeSummary(lastSetOfHotSpottedNodes),
                     state.nodes().size()
                 );
             }
@@ -115,7 +126,10 @@ public void onNewInfo(ClusterInfo clusterInfo) {
             lastRerouteTimeMillis = currentTimeMillisSupplier.getAsLong();
             lastSetOfHotSpottedNodes = nodeIdsExceedingLatencyThreshold;
         } else {
-            logger.debug("Not calling reroute because we called reroute recently and there are no new hot spots");
+            logger.debug(
+                "Not calling reroute because we called reroute [{}] ago and there are no new hot spots",
+                TimeValue.timeValueMillis(timeSinceLastRerouteMillis)
+            );
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitorTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitorTests.java
index fea79d92c9fbf..210ca90750e5c 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitorTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/routing/allocation/WriteLoadConstraintMonitorTests.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsCalledWhenAHotSpotIsDetected() {
     }
 
     @TestLogging(
-        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:DEBUG",
+        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:TRACE",
         reason = "ensure we're skipping reroute for the right reason"
     )
     public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenStateIsNotRecovered() {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenStateIsNotRecovered() {
                 new MockLog.SeenEventExpectation(
                     "don't reroute due to global block",
                     WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.class.getCanonicalName(),
-                    Level.DEBUG,
+                    Level.TRACE,
                     "skipping monitor as the cluster state is not recovered yet"
                 )
             );
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenStateIsNotRecovered() {
     }
 
     @TestLogging(
-        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:DEBUG",
+        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:TRACE",
         reason = "ensure we're skipping reroute for the right reason"
     )
     public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenDeciderIsNotEnabled() {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenDeciderIsNotEnabled() {
                 new MockLog.SeenEventExpectation(
                     "don't reroute due to decider being disabled",
                     WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.class.getCanonicalName(),
-                    Level.DEBUG,
+                    Level.TRACE,
                     "skipping monitor because the write load decider is not fully enabled"
                 )
             );
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenDeciderIsNotEnabled() {
     }
 
     @TestLogging(
-        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:DEBUG",
+        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:TRACE",
         reason = "ensure we're skipping reroute for the right reason"
     )
     public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenNoNodesAreHotSpotting() {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledWhenNoNodesAreHotSpotting() {
                 new MockLog.SeenEventExpectation(
                     "don't reroute due to no nodes hot-spotting",
                     WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.class.getCanonicalName(),
-                    Level.DEBUG,
+                    Level.TRACE,
                     "No hot-spotting nodes detected"
                 )
             );
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledAgainBeforeMinimumIntervalHasPassed() {
                         "don't reroute due to reroute being called recently",
                         WriteLoadConstraintMonitor.class.getCanonicalName(),
                         Level.DEBUG,
-                        "Not calling reroute because we called reroute recently and there are no new hot spots"
+                        "Not calling reroute because we called reroute * ago and there are no new hot spots"
                     )
                 );
                 writeLoadConstraintMonitor.onNewInfo(testState.clusterInfo);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public void testRerouteIsNotCalledAgainBeforeMinimumIntervalHasPassed() {
     }
 
     @TestLogging(
-        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:DEBUG",
+        value = "org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.WriteLoadConstraintMonitor:TRACE",
         reason = "ensure we're skipping reroute for the right reason"
     )
     public void testRerouteIsCalledBeforeMinimumIntervalHasPassedIfNewNodesBecomeHotSpotted() {