diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
index 27de1506f..f03a68b7b 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
@@ -1124,6 +1124,10 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware,
 
 	protected long doCount(String collectionName, Document filter, CountOptions options) {
 
+		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			LOGGER.debug("Executing count: {} in collection: {}", serializeToJsonSafely(filter), collectionName);
+		}
+
 		if (MongoDatabaseUtils.isTransactionActive(getMongoDbFactory())) {
 			return execute(collectionName, collection -> collection.countDocuments(filter, options));
 		}