diff --git a/zebra-network/src/peer_set/initialize.rs b/zebra-network/src/peer_set/initialize.rs
index 363e497780a..32fd3ac1363 100644
--- a/zebra-network/src/peer_set/initialize.rs
+++ b/zebra-network/src/peer_set/initialize.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ where
     S: Service<(TcpStream, SocketAddr), Response = peer::Client, Error = BoxError> + Clone,
     S::Future: Send + 'static,
 {
+    info!("Trying to open Zcash protocol endpoint at {}...", addr);
     let listener_result = TcpListener::bind(addr).await;
 
     let listener = match listener_result {
diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/metrics.rs b/zebrad/src/components/metrics.rs
index 15b6a22c7d1..69bb2eeb1ed 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/metrics.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/metrics.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ impl MetricsEndpoint {
     /// Create the component.
     pub fn new(config: &ZebradConfig) -> Result<Self, FrameworkError> {
         if let Some(addr) = config.metrics.endpoint_addr {
+            info!("Trying to open metrics endpoint at {}...", addr);
             let endpoint_result = metrics_exporter_prometheus::PrometheusBuilder::new()
                 .listen_address(addr)
                 .install();
             match endpoint_result {
-                Ok(endpoint) => {
+                Ok(()) => {
                     info!("Opened metrics endpoint at {}", addr);
-                    endpoint
                 }
                 Err(e) => panic!(
                     "Opening metrics endpoint listener {:?} failed: {:?}. \
diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/tracing/endpoint.rs b/zebrad/src/components/tracing/endpoint.rs
index fe087d3c2f7..706a5fb73a5 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/tracing/endpoint.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/tracing/endpoint.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ impl TracingEndpoint {
         let service =
             make_service_fn(|_| async { Ok::<_, hyper::Error>(service_fn(request_handler)) });
 
+        info!("Trying to open tracing endpoint at {}...", addr);
         tokio_component
             .rt
             .as_ref()
@@ -53,10 +54,7 @@ impl TracingEndpoint {
                 // try_bind uses the tokio runtime, so we
                 // need to construct it inside the task.
                 let server = match Server::try_bind(&addr) {
-                    Ok(s) => {
-                        info!("Opened tracing endpoint at {}", addr);
-                        s
-                    }
+                    Ok(s) => s,
                     Err(e) => panic!(
                         "Opening tracing endpoint listener {:?} failed: {:?}. \
                          Hint: Check if another zebrad or zcashd process is running. \
@@ -66,6 +64,8 @@ impl TracingEndpoint {
                 }
                 .serve(service);
 
+                info!("Opened tracing endpoint at {}", server.local_addr());
+
                 if let Err(e) = server.await {
                     error!("Server error: {}", e);
                 }