diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index d130c3a3dd..16c7e76376 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -6218,18 +6218,19 @@ void ast_channel_inherit_variables(const struct ast_channel *parent, struct ast_
 			newvar = ast_var_assign(&varname[1], ast_var_value(current));
 			if (newvar) {
 				AST_LIST_INSERT_TAIL(&child->varshead, newvar, entries);
-				ast_debug(1, "Copying soft-transferable variable %s.\n", ast_var_name(newvar));
+				ast_debug(1, "Inheriting variable %s from %s to %s.\n",
+					ast_var_name(newvar), parent->name, child->name);
 			}
 			break;
 		case 2:
 			newvar = ast_var_assign(varname, ast_var_value(current));
 			if (newvar) {
 				AST_LIST_INSERT_TAIL(&child->varshead, newvar, entries);
-				ast_debug(1, "Copying hard-transferable variable %s.\n", ast_var_name(newvar));
+				ast_debug(1, "Inheriting variable %s from %s to %s.\n",
+					ast_var_name(newvar), parent->name, child->name);
 			}
 			break;
 		default:
-			ast_debug(1, "Not copying variable %s.\n", ast_var_name(current));
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/main/pbx.c b/main/pbx.c
index 3b7164213b..ba9834031e 100644
--- a/main/pbx.c
+++ b/main/pbx.c
@@ -4105,7 +4105,7 @@ void ast_str_substitute_variables_full(struct ast_str **buf, ssize_t maxlen, str
 						ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to allocate bogus channel for variable substitution.  Function results may be blank.\n");
 					}
 				}
-				ast_debug(2, "Function result is '%s'\n", cp4 ? cp4 : "(null)");
+				ast_debug(2, "Function %s result is '%s'\n", finalvars, cp4 ? cp4 : "(null)");
 			} else {
 				/* Retrieve variable value */
 				ast_str_retrieve_variable(&substr3, 0, c, headp, finalvars);
@@ -4304,7 +4304,7 @@ void pbx_substitute_variables_helper_full(struct ast_channel *c, struct varshead
 						ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to allocate bogus channel for variable substitution.  Function results may be blank.\n");
 					}
 				}
-				ast_debug(2, "Function result is '%s'\n", cp4 ? cp4 : "(null)");
+				ast_debug(2, "Function %s result is '%s'\n", vars, cp4 ? cp4 : "(null)");
 			} else {
 				/* Retrieve variable value */
 				pbx_retrieve_variable(c, vars, &cp4, workspace, VAR_BUF_SIZE, headp);
diff --git a/main/translate.c b/main/translate.c
index b95cefd256..1015ef6ef5 100644
--- a/main/translate.c
+++ b/main/translate.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static void rebuild_matrix(int samples)
 					 * then this is a up sample down sample conversion scenario. */
 					tr_matrix[x][z].rate_change = tr_matrix[x][y].rate_change + tr_matrix[y][z].rate_change;
 
-					ast_debug(3, "Discovered %d cost path from %s to %s, via %s\n", tr_matrix[x][z].cost,
+					ast_debug(10, "Discovered %d cost path from %s to %s, via %s\n", tr_matrix[x][z].cost,
 						  ast_getformatname(1LL << x), ast_getformatname(1LL << z), ast_getformatname(1LL << y));
 					changed++;
 				}
diff --git a/main/xmldoc.c b/main/xmldoc.c
index 59f89de051..eeefdb3cad 100644
--- a/main/xmldoc.c
+++ b/main/xmldoc.c
@@ -1879,7 +1879,6 @@ static char *xmldoc_build_field(const char *type, const char *name, const char *
 	node = ast_xml_find_element(ast_xml_node_get_children(node), var, NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (!node || !ast_xml_node_get_children(node)) {
-		ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Cannot find variable '%s' in tree '%s'\n", var, name);
 		return ret;
 	}