diff --git a/internal/controller/topic_controller.go b/internal/controller/topic_controller.go
index 7c2123a..a22fb9c 100644
--- a/internal/controller/topic_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/topic_controller.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (r *TopicReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl
 		// on deleted requests.
 		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
-	logger.Info("Found the topic", "topic", topic)
+	logger.Info("Found Topic resource")
 
 	// examine DeletionTimestamp to determine if object is under deletion
 	if topic.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
@@ -94,34 +94,36 @@ func (r *TopicReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request) (ctrl
 	topicPatch := crclient.MergeFrom(topic.DeepCopy())
 	topic.Status.Phase = "Creating"
 	if err := r.Client.Status().Patch(ctx, &topic, topicPatch); err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "unable to update Tunnel status")
+		logger.Error(err, "unable to update status")
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
+	logger.Info("Topic status has been patched to Creating")
 
 	t, err := r.createTopic(ctx, topic.Spec.ProjectID, topic.Spec.TopicID)
 	if err != nil {
 		if gs, ok := gRPCStatusFromError(err); ok && gs.Code() == codes.AlreadyExists {
 			// don't treat as error
-			logger.Info("PubSub topic already exists")
+			logger.Info("Topic already exists in Cloud Pub/Sub")
 			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 		}
 
 		topicPatch := crclient.MergeFrom(topic.DeepCopy())
 		topic.Status.Phase = "Error"
 		if err := r.Client.Status().Patch(ctx, &topic, topicPatch); err != nil {
-			logger.Error(err, "unable to update Tunnel status")
+			logger.Error(err, "unable to update status")
 			return ctrl.Result{}, err
 		}
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
+	logger.Info("Created topic into Cloud Pub/Sub", "id", t.ID())
 
-	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Topic created: %v", t.ID()), "topic", topic)
 	topicPatch = crclient.MergeFrom(topic.DeepCopy())
 	topic.Status.Phase = "Active" // TODO: extract const
 	if err := r.Client.Status().Patch(ctx, &topic, topicPatch); err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "unable to update Tunnel status")
+		logger.Error(err, "unable to update status")
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
+	logger.Info("Topic status has been patched to Active")
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/controller/topic_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/topic_controller_test.go
index 33a2f65..cdd113c 100644
--- a/internal/controller/topic_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/topic_controller_test.go
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Topic controller", func() {
 				g.Expect(err).ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
 				g.Expect(topicExists).Should(BeTrue())
 			}, 3*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond).Should(Succeed())
+
+			By("Checking if the status is Active")
+			Eventually(func(g Gomega) {
+				var topic googlecloudpubsuboperatorv1.Topic
+				g.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "default", Name: "example"}, &topic)).Should(Succeed())
+				g.Expect(topic.Status.Phase).Should(Equal("Active"))
+			}, 3*time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond).Should(Succeed())
 		})
 	})
 })