diff --git a/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go b/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go
index 430bdbbae7..52b1ba2d46 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/service/servicecontroller.go
@@ -352,18 +352,20 @@ func (s *ServiceController) persistUpdate(service *api.Service) error {
 		// out so that we can process the delete, which we should soon be receiving
 		// if we haven't already.
 		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			glog.Infof("Not persisting update to service that no longer exists: %v", err)
+			glog.Infof("Not persisting update to service '%s/%s' that no longer exists: %v",
+				service.Namespace, service.Name, err)
 			return nil
 		}
 		// TODO: Try to resolve the conflict if the change was unrelated to load
 		// balancer status. For now, just rely on the fact that we'll
 		// also process the update that caused the resource version to change.
 		if errors.IsConflict(err) {
-			glog.V(4).Infof("Not persisting update to service that has been changed since we received it: %v", err)
+			glog.V(4).Infof("Not persisting update to service '%s/%s' that has been changed since we received it: %v",
+				service.Namespace, service.Name, err)
 			return nil
 		}
-		glog.Warningf("Failed to persist updated LoadBalancerStatus to service %s after creating its load balancer: %v",
-			service.Name, err)
+		glog.Warningf("Failed to persist updated LoadBalancerStatus to service '%s/%s' after creating its load balancer: %v",
+			service.Namespace, service.Name, err)
 		time.Sleep(clientRetryInterval)
 	}
 	return err