diff --git a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb.go b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb.go
index 460b34ce16d..2c004a828e7 100644
--- a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb.go
+++ b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/statecouchdb/statecouchdb.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -194,7 +195,15 @@ func (vdb *VersionedDB) ApplyUpdates(batch *statedb.UpdateBatch, height *version
 
 	for ck, vv := range batch.KVs {
 		compositeKey := constructCompositeKey(ck.Namespace, ck.Key)
-		logger.Debugf("applying key=%#v, versionedValue=%#v", ck, vv)
+
+		// trace the first 200 characters of versioned value only, in case it is huge
+		if logger.IsEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG) {
+			versionedValueDump := fmt.Sprintf("%#v", vv)
+			if len(versionedValueDump) > 200 {
+				versionedValueDump = versionedValueDump[0:200] + "..."
+			}
+			logger.Debugf("Applying key=%#v, versionedValue=%s", ck, versionedValueDump)
+		}
 
 		// TODO add delete logic for couch using this approach from stateleveldb - convert nils to deletes
 		/*		if vv.Value == nil {
diff --git a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/stateleveldb/stateleveldb.go b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/stateleveldb/stateleveldb.go
index f723b1f354c..eecdf2b8ae1 100644
--- a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/stateleveldb/stateleveldb.go
+++ b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/statedb/stateleveldb/stateleveldb.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package stateleveldb
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
 
 	"sync"
 
@@ -143,7 +144,16 @@ func (vdb *VersionedDB) ApplyUpdates(batch *statedb.UpdateBatch, height *version
 	levelBatch := &leveldb.Batch{}
 	for ck, vv := range batch.KVs {
 		compositeKey := constructCompositeKey(vdb.dbName, ck.Namespace, ck.Key)
-		logger.Debugf("applying key=%#v, versionedValue=%#v", ck, vv)
+
+		// trace the first 200 characters of versioned value only, in case it is huge
+		if logger.IsEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG) {
+			versionedValueDump := fmt.Sprintf("%#v", vv)
+			if len(versionedValueDump) > 200 {
+				versionedValueDump = versionedValueDump[0:200] + "..."
+			}
+			logger.Debugf("Applying key=%#v, versionedValue=%s", ck, versionedValueDump)
+		}
+
 		if vv.Value == nil {
 			levelBatch.Delete(compositeKey)
 		} else {
diff --git a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/validator/statebasedval/state_based_validator.go b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/validator/statebasedval/state_based_validator.go
index 7e925b20e06..bbc3d83ae40 100644
--- a/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/validator/statebasedval/state_based_validator.go
+++ b/core/ledger/kvledger/txmgmt/validator/statebasedval/state_based_validator.go
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ func (v *Validator) validateEndorserTX(envBytes []byte, doMVCCValidation bool, u
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// trace the first 2000 characters of RWSet only, in case it is huge
+	// trace the first 1000 characters of RWSet only, in case it is huge
 	if logger.IsEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG) {
 		txRWSetString := txRWSet.String()
-		if len(txRWSetString) < 2000 {
+		if len(txRWSetString) < 1000 {
 			logger.Debugf("validating txRWSet:[%s]", txRWSetString)
 		} else {
-			logger.Debugf("validating txRWSet:[%s...]", txRWSetString[0:2000])
+			logger.Debugf("validating txRWSet:[%s...]", txRWSetString[0:1000])
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/ledger/util/couchdb/couchdb.go b/core/ledger/util/couchdb/couchdb.go
index ddf030f29d3..c3df29a8e62 100644
--- a/core/ledger/util/couchdb/couchdb.go
+++ b/core/ledger/util/couchdb/couchdb.go
@@ -832,7 +832,14 @@ func (dbclient *CouchDatabase) handleRequest(method, connectURL string, data io.
 		if err2 != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err2)
 		}
-		logger.Debugf("%s", dump)
+		// trace the first 200 bytes of http request only, in case it is huge
+		if dump != nil {
+			if len(dump) <= 200 {
+				logger.Debugf("HTTP Request: %s", dump)
+			} else {
+				logger.Debugf("HTTP Request: %s...", dump[0:200])
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	//Create the http client