diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/views/webview.py b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/views/webview.py
index ae078065ac..a41753c875 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/certificates/views/webview.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/certificates/views/webview.py
@@ -660,11 +660,16 @@ def _get_custom_template_and_language(course_id, course_mode, course_language):
     template = get_certificate_template(course_id, course_mode, closest_released_language)
 
     if template and template.language:
+        log.info("Returning template for course: {course_id} and template language is {language}".format(
+            course_id=course_id, language=template.language))
         return (template, closest_released_language)
     elif template:
         user_language = translation.get_language()
+        log.info("Returning template for course: {course_id} and template language is returned from settings"
+                 " {language}".format(course_id=course_id, language=user_language))
         return (template, user_language)
     else:
+        log.info("No template found for course: {course_id}" .format(course_id=course_id))
         return (None, None)
 
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/catalog/utils.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/catalog/utils.py
index 9fb74c0cf8..0f5d0e63ab 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/catalog/utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/catalog/utils.py
@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ def get_course_run_details(course_run_key, fields):
 
         cache_key = '{base}.course_runs'.format(base=catalog_integration.CACHE_KEY)
 
+        logger.info("getting course run detail for the course: {course_key}".format(course_key=course_run_key))
         course_run_details = get_edx_api_data(catalog_integration, 'course_runs', api, resource_id=course_run_key,
                                               cache_key=cache_key, many=False, traverse_pagination=False, fields=fields)
     return course_run_details
diff --git a/openedx/core/lib/edx_api_utils.py b/openedx/core/lib/edx_api_utils.py
index bea605a413..6d4f138e88 100644
--- a/openedx/core/lib/edx_api_utils.py
+++ b/openedx/core/lib/edx_api_utils.py
@@ -55,13 +55,16 @@ def get_edx_api_data(api_config, resource, api, resource_id=None, querystring=No
 
         cached = cache.get(cache_key)
         if cached:
+            log.info("Cached course run was returned for the course: {resource_id}".format(resource_id=resource_id))
             return zunpickle(cached)
 
     try:
         endpoint = getattr(api, resource)
         querystring = querystring if querystring else {}
+        log.info("Hitting discovery for course run:{resource_id}".format(resource_id=resource_id))
         response = endpoint(resource_id).get(**querystring)
-
+        log.info("Response from discovery: {response} for the course: {resource_id}".format(response=response,
+                                                                                            resource_id=resource_id))
         if resource_id is not None:
             if fields:
                 results = get_fields(fields, response)