diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/node/plugin-vscode-file-handler.ts b/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/node/plugin-vscode-file-handler.ts
index 941e0dbca9e58..fca18ea8682ac 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/node/plugin-vscode-file-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext-vscode/src/node/plugin-vscode-file-handler.ts
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ export class PluginVsCodeFileHandler implements PluginDeployerFileHandler {
     }
 
     async handle(context: PluginDeployerFileHandlerContext): Promise<void> {
-        // need to unzip
-        console.log('unzipping the plugin', context.pluginEntry());
-
         const unpackedPath = path.resolve(this.unpackedFolder, path.basename(context.pluginEntry().path()));
+        console.log(`unzipping the VS Code extension '${path.basename(context.pluginEntry().path())}' to directory: ${unpackedPath}`);
+
         await context.unzip(context.pluginEntry().path(), unpackedPath);
         if (context.pluginEntry().path().endsWith('.tgz')) {
             const extensionPath = path.join(unpackedPath, 'package');
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/handlers/plugin-theia-file-handler.ts b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/handlers/plugin-theia-file-handler.ts
index 0554b539790e8..c69e4049aa814 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/handlers/plugin-theia-file-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-ext/src/main/node/handlers/plugin-theia-file-handler.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ export class PluginTheiaFileHandler implements PluginDeployerFileHandler {
     }
 
     async handle(context: PluginDeployerFileHandlerContext): Promise<void> {
-        // need to unzip
-        console.log('unzipping the plugin', context.pluginEntry());
-
         const unpackedPath = path.resolve(this.unpackedFolder, path.basename(context.pluginEntry().path()));
+        console.log(`unzipping the plug-in '${path.basename(context.pluginEntry().path())}' to directory: ${unpackedPath}`);
+
         await context.unzip(context.pluginEntry().path(), unpackedPath);
 
         context.pluginEntry().updatePath(unpackedPath);