diff --git a/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status.go b/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status.go
index c2ddfd9956..956c97d4ab 100644
--- a/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status.go
+++ b/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status.go
@@ -62,20 +62,28 @@ func FindStatusCondition(conditions []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition, c
 }
 
 // GetStatusDiff returns a string representing change in condition status in human readable form.
-func GetStatusDiff(oldStatus configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus, newStatus configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus) string {
+func GetStatusDiff(oldStatus configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus, newStatus configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus, forEvent bool) string {
 	messages := []string{}
 	for _, newCondition := range newStatus.Conditions {
 		existingStatusCondition := FindStatusCondition(oldStatus.Conditions, newCondition.Type)
 		if existingStatusCondition == nil {
-			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s set to %s (%q)", newCondition.Type, newCondition.Status, newCondition.Message))
+			condMessage := ""
+			if !forEvent {
+				condMessage = fmt.Sprintf(" (%s)", newCondition.Message)
+			}
+			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s set to %s%s", newCondition.Type, newCondition.Status, condMessage))
 			continue
 		}
 		if existingStatusCondition.Status != newCondition.Status {
-			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s changed from %s to %s (%q)", existingStatusCondition.Type, existingStatusCondition.Status, newCondition.Status, newCondition.Message))
+			if forEvent {
+				messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s changed from %s to %s", existingStatusCondition.Type, existingStatusCondition.Status, newCondition.Status))
+				continue
+			}
+			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s changed from %s (%s) to %s (%s)", existingStatusCondition.Type, existingStatusCondition.Status, existingStatusCondition.Message, newCondition.Status, newCondition.Message))
 			continue
 		}
 		if existingStatusCondition.Message != newCondition.Message {
-			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s message changed from %q to %q", existingStatusCondition.Type, existingStatusCondition.Message, newCondition.Message))
+			messages = append(messages, fmt.Sprintf("%s message changed to %q", existingStatusCondition.Type, newCondition.Message))
 		}
 	}
 	for _, oldCondition := range oldStatus.Conditions {
@@ -101,6 +109,10 @@ func GetStatusDiff(oldStatus configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus, newStatus configv1.
 		messages = append(messages, diff.StringDiff(originalJSON.String(), newJSON.String()))
 	}
 
+	if !forEvent {
+		return strings.Join(messages, ",\n")
+	}
+
 	return strings.Join(messages, ",")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status_test.go b/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status_test.go
index b8e72fee5b..78f888bdb1 100644
--- a/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/clusteroperator/v1helpers/status_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func TestGetStatusConditionDiff(t *testing.T) {
 		newConditions    []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition
 		oldConditions    []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition
 		expectedMessages []string
+		forEvent         bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "new condition",
@@ -24,7 +25,37 @@ func TestGetStatusConditionDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Message: "test",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates set to True ("test")`},
+			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates set to True`},
+			forEvent:         true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "new multiple condition",
+			newConditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
+				{
+					Type:    configv1.RetrievedUpdates,
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionTrue,
+					Message: "test",
+				},
+				{
+					Type:    "AnotherDegraded",
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionTrue,
+					Message: "bar",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedMessages: []string{"RetrievedUpdates set to True (test)", "\nAnotherDegraded set to True (bar)"},
+			forEvent:         false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "new condition for log",
+			newConditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
+				{
+					Type:    configv1.RetrievedUpdates,
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionTrue,
+					Message: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates set to True (test)`},
+			forEvent:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "condition status change",
@@ -42,7 +73,27 @@ func TestGetStatusConditionDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Message: "test",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates changed from True to False ("test")`},
+			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates changed from True to False`},
+			forEvent:         true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "condition status change for log",
+			newConditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
+				{
+					Type:    configv1.RetrievedUpdates,
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionFalse,
+					Message: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			oldConditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
+				{
+					Type:    configv1.RetrievedUpdates,
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionTrue,
+					Message: "test",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates changed from True (test) to False (test)`},
+			forEvent:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "condition message change",
@@ -60,7 +111,27 @@ func TestGetStatusConditionDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Message: "bar",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates message changed from "bar" to "foo"`},
+			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates message changed to "foo"`},
+			forEvent:         true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "condition message change for log",
+			newConditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
+				{
+					Type:    configv1.RetrievedUpdates,
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionTrue,
+					Message: "foo",
+				},
+			},
+			oldConditions: []configv1.ClusterOperatorStatusCondition{
+				{
+					Type:    configv1.RetrievedUpdates,
+					Status:  configv1.ConditionTrue,
+					Message: "bar",
+				},
+			},
+			expectedMessages: []string{`RetrievedUpdates message changed to "foo"`},
+			forEvent:         false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "condition message deleted",
@@ -72,13 +143,14 @@ func TestGetStatusConditionDiff(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			expectedMessages: []string{"RetrievedUpdates was removed"},
+			forEvent:         true,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := GetStatusDiff(configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus{Conditions: test.oldConditions}, configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus{Conditions: test.newConditions})
+			result := GetStatusDiff(configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus{Conditions: test.oldConditions}, configv1.ClusterOperatorStatus{Conditions: test.newConditions}, test.forEvent)
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedMessages, strings.Split(result, ",")) {
-				t.Errorf("expected %#v, got %#v", test.expectedMessages, result)
+				t.Errorf("expected %#v, got %#v", test.expectedMessages, strings.Split(result, ","))
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/status/status_controller.go b/pkg/operator/status/status_controller.go
index 94eef82fd3..6d2a613925 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/status/status_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/status/status_controller.go
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ func (c StatusSyncer) Sync(ctx context.Context, syncCtx factory.SyncContext) err
 		if _, updateErr := c.clusterOperatorClient.ClusterOperators().UpdateStatus(ctx, clusterOperatorObj, metav1.UpdateOptions{}); err != nil {
 			return updateErr
 		}
-		syncCtx.Recorder().Eventf("OperatorStatusChanged", "Status for operator %s changed: %s", c.clusterOperatorName, configv1helpers.GetStatusDiff(originalClusterOperatorObj.Status, clusterOperatorObj.Status))
+		syncCtx.Recorder().Eventf("OperatorStatusChanged", "Status for operator %s changed: %s", c.clusterOperatorName, configv1helpers.GetStatusDiff(originalClusterOperatorObj.Status, clusterOperatorObj.Status, true))
+		klog.Infof("Status for operator %s changed: %s", c.clusterOperatorName, configv1helpers.GetStatusDiff(originalClusterOperatorObj.Status, clusterOperatorObj.Status, false))
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -174,7 +175,8 @@ func (c StatusSyncer) Sync(ctx context.Context, syncCtx factory.SyncContext) err
 	if _, updateErr := c.clusterOperatorClient.ClusterOperators().UpdateStatus(ctx, clusterOperatorObj, metav1.UpdateOptions{}); err != nil {
 		return updateErr
 	}
-	syncCtx.Recorder().Eventf("OperatorStatusChanged", "Status for clusteroperator/%s changed: %s", c.clusterOperatorName, configv1helpers.GetStatusDiff(originalClusterOperatorObj.Status, clusterOperatorObj.Status))
+	syncCtx.Recorder().Eventf("OperatorStatusChanged", "Status for clusteroperator/%s changed: %s", c.clusterOperatorName, configv1helpers.GetStatusDiff(originalClusterOperatorObj.Status, clusterOperatorObj.Status, true))
+	klog.Infof("Status for clusteroperator/%s changed: %s", c.clusterOperatorName, configv1helpers.GetStatusDiff(originalClusterOperatorObj.Status, clusterOperatorObj.Status, true))
 	return nil
 }