diff --git a/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_connector.go b/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_connector.go
index ece03539..9474ad61 100644
--- a/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_connector.go
+++ b/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_connector.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *PeerConnectionStrategy) consumeSubscription(s subscription) {
 				if len(c.host.Network().Peers()) < waku_proto.GossipSubOptimalFullMeshSize {
 					triggerImmediateConnection = true
 				}
-				c.logger.Debug("adding discovered peer", logging.HostID("peer", p.AddrInfo.ID))
+				c.logger.Debug("adding discovered peer", logging.HostID("peerID", p.AddrInfo.ID))
 				c.pm.AddDiscoveredPeer(p, triggerImmediateConnection)
 
 			case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
@@ -198,13 +198,18 @@ func (c *PeerConnectionStrategy) canDialPeer(pi peer.AddrInfo) bool {
 		tv := val.(*connCacheData)
 		now := time.Now()
 		if now.Before(tv.nextTry) {
+			c.logger.Debug("Skipping connecting to peer due to backoff strategy",
+				zap.Time("currentTime", now), zap.Time("until", tv.nextTry))
 			return false
 		}
-
+		c.logger.Debug("Proceeding with connecting to peer",
+			zap.Time("currentTime", now), zap.Time("nextTry", tv.nextTry))
 		tv.nextTry = now.Add(tv.strat.Delay())
 	} else {
 		cachedPeer = &connCacheData{strat: c.backoff()}
 		cachedPeer.nextTry = time.Now().Add(cachedPeer.strat.Delay())
+		c.logger.Debug("Initializing connectionCache for peer ",
+			logging.HostID("peerID", pi.ID), zap.Time("until", cachedPeer.nextTry))
 		c.cache.Add(pi.ID, cachedPeer)
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_discovery.go b/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_discovery.go
index c6439146..d1cedac2 100644
--- a/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_discovery.go
+++ b/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_discovery.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (pm *PeerManager) discoverPeersByPubsubTopics(pubsubTopics []string, proto
 		for _, shardInfo := range shardsInfo {
 			err = pm.DiscoverAndConnectToPeers(ctx, shardInfo.ClusterID, shardInfo.ShardIDs[0], proto, maxCount)
 			if err != nil {
-				pm.logger.Error("failed to discover and conenct to peers", zap.Error(err))
+				pm.logger.Error("failed to discover and connect to peers", zap.Error(err))
 			}
 		}
 	} else {