diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java
index 5ba854ed..890f5347 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -225,13 +225,20 @@ public class JGitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository
 	/* for testing */ boolean shouldPull(Git git, Ref ref) throws GitAPIException {
 		boolean shouldPull;
 		Status gitStatus = git.status().call();
-		if (this.isForcePull() && !gitStatus.isClean()) {
+		boolean isWorkingTreeClean = gitStatus.isClean();
+		String originUrl = git.getRepository().getConfig().getString("remote", "origin",
+				"url");
+
+		if (this.forcePull && !isWorkingTreeClean) {
 			shouldPull = true;
 			logDirty(gitStatus);
 		}
 		else {
-			shouldPull = gitStatus.isClean() && ref != null && git.getRepository()
-					.getConfig().getString("remote", "origin", "url") != null;
+			shouldPull = isWorkingTreeClean && ref != null && originUrl != null;
+		}
+		if (!isWorkingTreeClean && !this.forcePull) {
+			this.logger.info("Cannot pull from remote " + originUrl
+					+ ", the working tree is not clean.");
 		}
 		return shouldPull;
 	}
@@ -270,9 +277,13 @@ public class JGitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository
 			pull.call();
 		}
 		catch (Exception e) {
-			this.logger.warn("Could not pull remote for " + label + " (current ref=" + ref
-					+ "), remote: " + git.getRepository().getConfig().getString("remote",
-							"origin", "url"));
+			this.logger
+					.warn("Could not pull remote for " + label + " (current ref=" + ref
+							+ "), remote: "
+							+ git.getRepository().getConfig().getString("remote",
+									"origin", "url")
+							+ ", cause: (" + e.getClass().getSimpleName() + ") "
+							+ e.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepository.java
index d5dc30ee..1d278f3f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ public class MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepository extends JGitEnvironmentRepository
 						}
 					}
 					catch (Exception e) {
+						if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+							this.logger.debug("Cannot retrieve resource locations from "
+									+ candidate.getUri() + ", cause: ("
+									+ e.getClass().getSimpleName() + ") " + e.getMessage());
+						}
 						continue;
 					}
 				}
@@ -130,8 +135,11 @@ public class MultipleJGitEnvironmentRepository extends JGitEnvironmentRepository
 						}
 					}
 					catch (Exception e) {
-						this.logger.info(
-								"Cannot load configuration from " + candidate.getUri());
+						if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+							this.logger.debug("Cannot load configuration from "
+									+ candidate.getUri() + ", cause: ("
+									+ e.getClass().getSimpleName() + ") " + e.getMessage());
+						}
 						continue;
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
index 966cfd32..197439aa 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/environment/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
@@ -239,8 +239,13 @@ public class JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 		Git git = mock(Git.class);
 		StatusCommand statusCommand = mock(StatusCommand.class);
 		Status status = mock(Status.class);
+		Repository repository = mock(Repository.class);
+		StoredConfig storedConfig = mock(StoredConfig.class);
 
 		when(git.status()).thenReturn(statusCommand);
+		when(git.getRepository()).thenReturn(repository);
+		when(repository.getConfig()).thenReturn(storedConfig);
+		when(storedConfig.getString("remote", "origin", "url")).thenReturn("http://example/git");
 		when(statusCommand.call()).thenReturn(status);
 		when(status.isClean()).thenReturn(false);
 
@@ -258,8 +263,13 @@ public class JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 		Git git = mock(Git.class);
 		StatusCommand statusCommand = mock(StatusCommand.class);
 		Status status = mock(Status.class);
+		Repository repository = mock(Repository.class);
+		StoredConfig storedConfig = mock(StoredConfig.class);
 
 		when(git.status()).thenReturn(statusCommand);
+		when(git.getRepository()).thenReturn(repository);
+		when(repository.getConfig()).thenReturn(storedConfig);
+		when(storedConfig.getString("remote", "origin", "url")).thenReturn("http://example/git");
 		when(statusCommand.call()).thenReturn(status);
 		when(status.isClean()).thenReturn(true);
 
@@ -278,8 +288,13 @@ public class JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 		StatusCommand statusCommand = mock(StatusCommand.class);
 		Status status = mock(Status.class);
 		Ref ref = mock(Ref.class);
+		Repository repository = mock(Repository.class);
+		StoredConfig storedConfig = mock(StoredConfig.class);
 
 		when(git.status()).thenReturn(statusCommand);
+		when(git.getRepository()).thenReturn(repository);
+		when(repository.getConfig()).thenReturn(storedConfig);
+		when(storedConfig.getString("remote", "origin", "url")).thenReturn("http://example/git");
 		when(statusCommand.call()).thenReturn(status);
 		when(status.isClean()).thenReturn(false);