diff --git a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignClientFactoryBean.java b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignClientFactoryBean.java
index 3807e640..804f3a09 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignClientFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-openfeign-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/openfeign/FeignClientFactoryBean.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import feign.Target.HardCodedTarget;
 import feign.codec.Decoder;
 import feign.codec.Encoder;
 import feign.codec.ErrorDecoder;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
@@ -72,6 +74,8 @@ public class FeignClientFactoryBean
 	 * lifecycle race condition.
 	 ***********************************/
 
+	private static Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(FeignClientFactoryBean.class);
+
 	private Class<?> type;
 
 	private String name;
@@ -350,6 +354,12 @@ public class FeignClientFactoryBean
 		Feign.Builder builder = feign(context);
 
 		if (!StringUtils.hasText(url)) {
+			if (url != null && LOG.isWarnEnabled()) {
+				LOG.warn("The provided URL is empty. Will try picking an instance via load-balancing.");
+			}
+			else if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				LOG.debug("URL not provided. Will use LoadBalancer.");
+			}
 			if (!name.startsWith("http")) {
 				url = "http://" + name;
 			}