diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_images.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_images.go
index de1bae1a77..e7ba15d12a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_images.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/cache_images.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ func CacheImages(images []string, cacheDir string) error {
 			if err := CacheImage(image, dst); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "caching image %s", dst)
 			}
+			glog.Infof("CacheImage %s -> %s succeeded", image, dst)
 			return nil
 		})
 	}
@@ -143,7 +145,9 @@ func CacheAndLoadImages(images []string) error {
 func sanitizeCacheDir(image string) string {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" && hasWindowsDriveLetter(image) {
 		// not sanitize Windows drive letter.
-		return image[:2] + strings.Replace(image[2:], ":", "_", -1)
+		s := image[:2] + strings.Replace(image[2:], ":", "_", -1)
+		glog.Infof("windows sanitize: %s -> %s", image, s)
+		return s
 	}
 	return strings.Replace(image, ":", "_", -1)
 }
@@ -286,8 +290,14 @@ func getDstPath(dst string) (string, error) {
 
 // CacheImage caches an image
 func CacheImage(image, dst string) error {
-	glog.Infof("Attempting to cache image: %s at %s\n", image, dst)
+	start := time.Now()
+	glog.Infof("CacheImage: %s -> %s", image, dst)
+	defer func() {
+		glog.Infof("CacheImage: %s -> %s completed in %s", image, dst, time.Since(start))
+	}()
+
 	if _, err := os.Stat(dst); err == nil {
+		glog.Infof("%s exists", dst)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -331,6 +341,7 @@ func CacheImage(image, dst string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	glog.Infof("%s exists", dst)
 	return nil
 }