diff --git a/daemon/exec.go b/daemon/exec.go
index 616093c67d..0448252ea4 100644
--- a/daemon/exec.go
+++ b/daemon/exec.go
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecCreate(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 		Running:       false,
 	}
 
+	container.LogEvent("exec_create: " + execConfig.ProcessConfig.Entrypoint + " " + strings.Join(execConfig.ProcessConfig.Arguments, " "))
+
 	d.registerExecCommand(execConfig)
 
 	job.Printf("%s\n", execConfig.ID)
@@ -192,6 +194,8 @@ func (d *Daemon) ContainerExecStart(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
 	log.Debugf("starting exec command %s in container %s", execConfig.ID, execConfig.Container.ID)
 	container := execConfig.Container
 
+	container.LogEvent("exec_start: " + execConfig.ProcessConfig.Entrypoint + " " + strings.Join(execConfig.ProcessConfig.Arguments, " "))
+
 	if execConfig.OpenStdin {
 		r, w := io.Pipe()
 		go func() {
diff --git a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md
index 0164b95811..fca3998dd0 100644
--- a/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md
+++ b/docs/sources/reference/api/docker_remote_api_v1.17.md
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ polling (using since).
 
 Docker containers will report the following events:
 
-    create, destroy, die, export, kill, oom, pause, restart, start, stop, unpause
+    create, destroy, die, exec_create, exec_start, export, kill, oom, pause, restart, start, stop, unpause
 
 and Docker images will report: