diff --git a/pkg/server/container_create.go b/pkg/server/container_create.go
index 1d3960550..06d4c0a09 100644
--- a/pkg/server/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/server/container_create.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func init() {
 // CreateContainer creates a new container in the given PodSandbox.
 func (c *criService) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.CreateContainerRequest) (_ *runtime.CreateContainerResponse, retErr error) {
 	config := r.GetConfig()
+	logrus.Debugf("Container config %+v", config)
 	sandboxConfig := r.GetSandboxConfig()
 	sandbox, err := c.sandboxStore.Get(r.GetPodSandboxId())
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go b/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go
index e7c4a97a6..88e05f266 100644
--- a/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go
+++ b/pkg/server/instrumented_service.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (in *instrumentedService) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.Run
 	if err := in.checkInitialized(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	logrus.Infof("RunPodSandbox with config %+v", r.GetConfig())
+	logrus.Infof("RunPodsandbox for %+v", r.GetConfig().GetMetadata())
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.WithError(err).Errorf("RunPodSandbox for %+v failed, error", r.GetConfig().GetMetadata())
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ func (in *instrumentedService) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.C
 	if err := in.checkInitialized(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	logrus.Infof("CreateContainer within sandbox %q with container config %+v and sandbox config %+v",
-		r.GetPodSandboxId(), r.GetConfig(), r.GetSandboxConfig())
+	logrus.Infof("CreateContainer within sandbox %q for container %+v",
+		r.GetPodSandboxId(), r.GetConfig().GetMetadata())
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.WithError(err).Errorf("CreateContainer within sandbox %q for %+v failed",
diff --git a/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go b/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go
index f844a0107..0631e65ce 100644
--- a/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/oci"
 	cni "github.com/containerd/go-cni"
 	"github.com/containerd/typeurl"
+	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	imagespec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	runtimespec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ func init() {
 // the sandbox is in ready state.
 func (c *criService) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RunPodSandboxRequest) (_ *runtime.RunPodSandboxResponse, retErr error) {
 	config := r.GetConfig()
+	logrus.Debugf("Sandbox config %+v", config)
 
 	// Generate unique id and name for the sandbox and reserve the name.
 	id := util.GenerateID()
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ func (c *criService) RunPodSandbox(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RunPodSandbox
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to generate sandbox container spec")
 	}
-	logrus.Debugf("Sandbox container spec: %+v", spec)
+	logrus.Debugf("Sandbox container %q spec: %#+v", id, spew.NewFormatter(spec))
 
 	var specOpts []oci.SpecOpts
 	userstr, err := generateUserString(