diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_component.c b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_component.c
index 90bfca71f4..c7a3040a01 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_component.c
@@ -380,14 +380,14 @@ mca_btl_portals_component_progress(void)
 
             switch (which) {
             case OMPI_BTL_PORTALS_EQ_RECV:
-		opal_output_verbose(30,
+		opal_output_verbose(60,
 				    mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
 				    "receive event about to be processes");
                 mca_btl_portals_progress_queued_sends(module);
                 mca_btl_portals_process_recv(module, &ev);
                 break;
             case OMPI_BTL_PORTALS_EQ_SEND:
-		opal_output_verbose(30,
+		opal_output_verbose(60,
 				    mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
 				    "send event about to be processes");
                 mca_btl_portals_process_send(module, &ev);
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ mca_btl_portals_component_progress(void)
                 mca_btl_portals_process_rdma(module, &ev);
                 break;
             default:
-                opal_output_verbose(30,
+                opal_output_verbose(60,
                                     mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
                                     "unknown event queue returned");
                 abort();
diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_send.c b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_send.c
index ec87f9c6c8..b5f02647b4 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_send.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/src/btl_portals_send.c
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ mca_btl_portals_process_send(mca_btl_portals_module_t *btl,
                              "send: PTL_EVENT_SEND_START for 0x%x",
                              frag));
 
+            opal_output_verbose(10, mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
+                                "start threshold: %d", ev->md.threshold);
         if (ev->ni_fail_type != PTL_NI_OK) {
             opal_output(mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
                         "Failure to start send event\n");
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ mca_btl_portals_process_send(mca_btl_portals_module_t *btl,
         OPAL_OUTPUT_VERBOSE((90, mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
                              "send: PTL_EVENT_SEND_END for 0x%x",
                              frag));
+            opal_output_verbose(10, mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
+                                "end threshold: %d", ev->md.threshold);
 
         if (ev->ni_fail_type != PTL_NI_OK) {
             opal_output(mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
@@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ mca_btl_portals_process_send(mca_btl_portals_module_t *btl,
                                   &frag->base,
                                   OMPI_SUCCESS);
 
+            opal_output_verbose(10, mca_btl_portals_component.portals_output,
+                                "ack threshold: %d", ev->md.threshold);
+
             /* see if we can send someone else */
             mca_btl_portals_progress_queued_sends(btl);
         }