diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
index 965ab56761..0db9e57ea8 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/status.go
@@ -103,9 +103,13 @@ var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		api, cc := mustload.Partial(cname)
 
 		var st *Status
+		var err error
 		for _, n := range cc.Nodes {
+			glog.Infof("checking status of %s ...", n.Name)
 			machineName := driver.MachineName(*cc, n)
-			st, err := status(api, machineName, n.ControlPlane)
+			st, err = status(api, machineName, n.ControlPlane)
+			glog.Infof("%s status: %+v", machineName, st)
+
 			if err != nil {
 				glog.Errorf("status error: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -127,6 +131,7 @@ var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			}
 		}
 
+		// TODO: Update for multi-node
 		os.Exit(exitCode(st))
 	},
 }
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/mustload/mustload.go b/pkg/minikube/mustload/mustload.go
index f7d25b6924..1cdc8358b8 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/mustload/mustload.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/mustload/mustload.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/host"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/kic/oci"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/bootstrapper/bsutil/kverify"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/command"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ type ClusterController struct {
 
 // Partial is a cmd-friendly way to load a cluster which may or may not be running
 func Partial(name string) (libmachine.API, *config.ClusterConfig) {
+	glog.Infof("Loading cluster: %s", name)
 	api, err := machine.NewAPIClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		exit.WithError("libmachine failed", err)