diff --git a/grpclb/src/main/java/io/grpc/grpclb/GrpclbNameResolver.java b/grpclb/src/main/java/io/grpc/grpclb/GrpclbNameResolver.java
index d917d8ed67..89615f1b65 100644
--- a/grpclb/src/main/java/io/grpc/grpclb/GrpclbNameResolver.java
+++ b/grpclb/src/main/java/io/grpc/grpclb/GrpclbNameResolver.java
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ final class GrpclbNameResolver extends DnsNameResolver {
         }
       }
     }
-    if (srvRecordsException != null
-        || (balancerAddressesException != null && balancerAddresses.isEmpty())) {
-      logger.log(Level.FINE, "Balancer resolution failure", srvRecordsException);
+    if (srvRecordsException != null) {
+      logger.log(Level.FINE, "SRV lookup failure", srvRecordsException);
+    } else if (balancerAddressesException != null && balancerAddresses.isEmpty()) {
+      logger.log(Level.FINE, "SRV-provided hostname lookup failure", balancerAddressesException);
     }
     return Collections.unmodifiableList(balancerAddresses);
   }