diff --git a/cli/src/cli_util.rs b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
index 059af819d..f2849a851 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli_util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/cli_util.rs
@@ -2170,7 +2170,10 @@ pub fn run_ui_editor(settings: &UserSettings, edit_path: &PathBuf) -> Result<(),
         .config()
         .get("ui.editor")
         .map_err(|err| config_error_with_message("Invalid `ui.editor`", err))?;
-    let exit_status = editor.to_command().arg(edit_path).status().map_err(|err| {
+    let mut cmd = editor.to_command();
+    cmd.arg(edit_path);
+    tracing::info!(?cmd, "running editor");
+    let exit_status = cmd.status().map_err(|err| {
         user_error_with_message(
             format!(
                 // The executable couldn't be found or run; command-line arguments are not relevant
diff --git a/cli/src/ui.rs b/cli/src/ui.rs
index 27db4d800..2f21ed0e1 100644
--- a/cli/src/ui.rs
+++ b/cli/src/ui.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ impl UiOutput {
     }
 
     fn new_paged(pager_cmd: &CommandNameAndArgs) -> io::Result<UiOutput> {
-        let mut child = pager_cmd.to_command().stdin(Stdio::piped()).spawn()?;
+        let mut cmd = pager_cmd.to_command();
+        tracing::info!(?cmd, "spawning pager");
+        let mut child = cmd.stdin(Stdio::piped()).spawn()?;
         let child_stdin = child.stdin.take().unwrap();
         Ok(UiOutput::Paged { child, child_stdin })
     }