diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java
index 4a4b4648776b1..82a9d907aa1ee 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/action/bulk/TransportBulkShardOperationsAction.java
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public TransportBulkShardOperationsAction(
     @Override
     protected WritePrimaryResult<BulkShardOperationsRequest, BulkShardOperationsResponse> shardOperationOnPrimary(
             final BulkShardOperationsRequest request, final IndexShard primary) throws Exception {
+        if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            logger.trace("index [{}] on the following primary shard {}", request.getOperations(), primary.routingEntry());
+        }
         return shardOperationOnPrimary(request.shardId(), request.getHistoryUUID(), request.getOperations(),
             request.getMaxSeqNoOfUpdatesOrDeletes(), primary, logger);
     }
@@ -156,6 +159,9 @@ public static CcrWritePrimaryResult shardOperationOnPrimary(
     @Override
     protected WriteReplicaResult<BulkShardOperationsRequest> shardOperationOnReplica(
             final BulkShardOperationsRequest request, final IndexShard replica) throws Exception {
+        if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+            logger.trace("index [{}] on the following replica shard {}", request.getOperations(), replica.routingEntry());
+        }
         return shardOperationOnReplica(request, replica, logger);
     }
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/CcrIntegTestCase.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/CcrIntegTestCase.java
index 2dccc0e96b7a2..942413d31c109 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/CcrIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/CcrIntegTestCase.java
@@ -444,6 +444,13 @@ public static ResumeFollowAction.Request resumeFollow(String followerIndex) {
      * on the follower equal the leader's; then verifies the existing pairs of (docId, seqNo) on the follower also equal the leader.
      */
     protected void assertIndexFullyReplicatedToFollower(String leaderIndex, String followerIndex) throws Exception {
+        logger.info("--> asserting <<docId,seqNo>> between {} and {}", leaderIndex, followerIndex);
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            Map<Integer, List<DocIdSeqNoAndTerm>> docsOnFollower = getDocIdAndSeqNos(clusterGroup.followerCluster, followerIndex);
+            logger.info("--> docs on the follower {}", docsOnFollower);
+            assertThat(docsOnFollower, equalTo(getDocIdAndSeqNos(clusterGroup.leaderCluster, leaderIndex)));
+        }, 120, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
         logger.info("--> asserting seq_no_stats between {} and {}", leaderIndex, followerIndex);
         assertBusy(() -> {
             Map<Integer, SeqNoStats> leaderStats = new HashMap<>();
@@ -460,13 +467,8 @@ protected void assertIndexFullyReplicatedToFollower(String leaderIndex, String f
                 }
                 followerStats.put(shardStat.getShardRouting().shardId().id(), shardStat.getSeqNoStats());
             }
-            assertThat(leaderStats, equalTo(followerStats));
-        }, 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-        logger.info("--> asserting <<docId,seqNo>> between {} and {}", leaderIndex, followerIndex);
-        assertBusy(() -> {
-            assertThat(getDocIdAndSeqNos(clusterGroup.leaderCluster, leaderIndex),
-                equalTo(getDocIdAndSeqNos(clusterGroup.followerCluster, followerIndex)));
-        }, 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+            assertThat(followerStats, equalTo(leaderStats));
+        }, 120, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 
     private Map<Integer, List<DocIdSeqNoAndTerm>> getDocIdAndSeqNos(InternalTestCluster cluster, String index) throws IOException {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java
index 73cc94b4703a9..3ac2df1a06f17 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ccr/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ccr/FollowerFailOverIT.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.ShardId;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndicesService;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.InternalTestCluster;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.junit.annotations.TestLogging;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.CcrIntegTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ccr.action.FollowStatsAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ccr.action.PutFollowAction;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 
+@TestLogging("org.elasticsearch.xpack.ccr:TRACE")
 public class FollowerFailOverIT extends CcrIntegTestCase {
 
     @Override