diff --git a/nav2_navfn_planner/src/navfn_planner.cpp b/nav2_navfn_planner/src/navfn_planner.cpp
index 7bd951ec41244daeb633f06aafbc40b3b6defc12..31ee9060580c8e6272b46b12b696f36b7766b8ee 100644
--- a/nav2_navfn_planner/src/navfn_planner.cpp
+++ b/nav2_navfn_planner/src/navfn_planner.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ NavfnPlanner::NavfnPlanner()
 
 NavfnPlanner::~NavfnPlanner()
 {
-  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Destroying plugin %s", name_.c_str());
+  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Destroying plugin %s of type NavfnPlanner",
+    name_.c_str());
 }
 
 void
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ NavfnPlanner::configure(
   costmap_ = costmap_ros->getCostmap();
   global_frame_ = costmap_ros->getGlobalFrameID();
 
-  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Configuring plugin %s", name_.c_str());
+  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Configuring plugin %s of type NavfnPlanner",
+    name_.c_str());
 
   // Initialize parameters
   // Declare this plugin's parameters
@@ -83,19 +85,22 @@ NavfnPlanner::configure(
 void
 NavfnPlanner::activate()
 {
-  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Activating plugin %s", name_.c_str());
+  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Activating plugin %s of type NavfnPlanner",
+    name_.c_str());
 }
 
 void
 NavfnPlanner::deactivate()
 {
-  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Deactivating plugin %s", name_.c_str());
+  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Deactivating plugin %s of type NavfnPlanner",
+    name_.c_str());
 }
 
 void
 NavfnPlanner::cleanup()
 {
-  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Cleaning up plugin %s", name_.c_str());
+  RCLCPP_INFO(node_->get_logger(), "Cleaning up plugin %s of type NavfnPlanner",
+    name_.c_str());
   planner_.reset();
 }