diff --git a/contractcourt/chain_watcher.go b/contractcourt/chain_watcher.go
index 06665af29..f07b3e87b 100644
--- a/contractcourt/chain_watcher.go
+++ b/contractcourt/chain_watcher.go
@@ -131,6 +131,35 @@ func (c *CommitSet) toActiveHTLCSets() map[HtlcSetKey]htlcSet {
 	return htlcSets
 }
 
+// String return a human-readable representation of the CommitSet.
+func (c *CommitSet) String() string {
+	if c == nil {
+		return "nil"
+	}
+
+	// Create a descriptive string for the ConfCommitKey.
+	commitKey := "none"
+	c.ConfCommitKey.WhenSome(func(k HtlcSetKey) {
+		commitKey = k.String()
+	})
+
+	// Create a map to hold all the htlcs.
+	htlcSet := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, htlcs := range c.HtlcSets {
+		// Create a map for this particular set.
+		desc := make([]string, len(htlcs))
+		for i, htlc := range htlcs {
+			desc[i] = fmt.Sprintf("%x", htlc.RHash)
+		}
+
+		// Add the description to the set key.
+		htlcSet[k.String()] = fmt.Sprintf("count: %v, htlcs=%v",
+			len(htlcs), desc)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("ConfCommitKey=%v, HtlcSets=%v", commitKey, htlcSet)
+}
+
 // ChainEventSubscription is a struct that houses a subscription to be notified
 // for any on-chain events related to a channel. There are three types of
 // possible on-chain events: a cooperative channel closure, a unilateral
diff --git a/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator.go b/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator.go
index cfefea457..f73769a10 100644
--- a/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator.go
+++ b/contractcourt/channel_arbitrator.go
@@ -947,9 +947,9 @@ func (c *ChannelArbitrator) stateStep(
 	// If we're in the default state, then we'll check our set of actions
 	// to see if while we were down, conditions have changed.
 	case StateDefault:
-		log.Debugf("ChannelArbitrator(%v): new block (height=%v) "+
-			"examining active HTLC's", c.cfg.ChanPoint,
-			triggerHeight)
+		log.Debugf("ChannelArbitrator(%v): examining active HTLCs in "+
+			"block %v, confCommitSet: %v", c.cfg.ChanPoint,
+			triggerHeight, lnutils.LogClosure(confCommitSet.String))
 
 		// As a new block has been connected to the end of the main
 		// chain, we'll check to see if we need to make any on-chain