diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go
index 29cc2b24370b..059385f5d408 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ func (c *Checker) unremovableReasonAndNodeUtilization(context *context.Autoscali
 		return simulator.NotUnderutilized, &utilInfo
 	}
 
+	// FORK-CHANGE: log added to identify underutilized nodes
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Node %s is underutilized: %s requested (%.6g%% of allocatable) is below the scale-down utilization threshold", node.Name, utilInfo.ResourceName, utilInfo.Utilization*100)
+
 	klogx.V(4).UpTo(utilLogsQuota).Infof("Node %s - %s utilization %f", node.Name, utilInfo.ResourceName, utilInfo.Utilization)
 
 	return simulator.NoReason, &utilInfo
diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/scheduling/hinting_simulator.go b/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/scheduling/hinting_simulator.go
index d82694d1e120..f614aad0fdb3 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/scheduling/hinting_simulator.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/simulator/scheduling/hinting_simulator.go
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ func (s *HintingSimulator) TrySchedulePods(clusterSnapshot clustersnapshot.Clust
 		}
 
 		if nodeName != "" {
-			klogx.V(4).UpTo(loggingQuota).Infof("Pod %s/%s can be moved to %s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, nodeName)
+			// FORK-CHANGE: log level changed to 2 for better debugging.
+			klogx.V(2).UpTo(loggingQuota).Infof("Pod %s/%s can be moved to %s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, nodeName)
 			if err := clusterSnapshot.AddPod(pod, nodeName); err != nil {
 				return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("simulating scheduling of %s/%s to %s return error; %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, nodeName, err)
 			}