diff --git a/src/initctl/initctl.c b/src/initctl/initctl.c
index 5fbce4a9a76..ec330405090 100644
--- a/src/initctl/initctl.c
+++ b/src/initctl/initctl.c
@@ -223,8 +223,10 @@ static int fifo_process(Fifo *f) {
         assert(f);
 
         errno = EIO;
-        if ((l = read(f->fd, ((uint8_t*) &f->buffer) + f->bytes_read, sizeof(f->buffer) - f->bytes_read)) <= 0) {
-
+        l = read(f->fd,
+                 ((uint8_t*) &f->buffer) + f->bytes_read,
+                 sizeof(f->buffer) - f->bytes_read);
+        if (l <= 0) {
                 if (errno == EAGAIN)
                         return 0;
 
@@ -372,8 +374,8 @@ static int process_event(Server *s, struct epoll_event *ev) {
         }
 
         f = (Fifo*) ev->data.ptr;
-
-        if ((r = fifo_process(f)) < 0) {
+        r = fifo_process(f);
+        if (r < 0) {
                 log_info("Got error on fifo: %s", strerror(-r));
                 fifo_free(f);
                 return r;
diff --git a/src/journal/journal-vacuum.c b/src/journal/journal-vacuum.c
index 178c8030dbe..c73ad8f3938 100644
--- a/src/journal/journal-vacuum.c
+++ b/src/journal/journal-vacuum.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int journal_directory_vacuum(
         struct vacuum_info *list = NULL;
         unsigned n_list = 0, i;
         size_t n_allocated = 0;
-        uint64_t sum = 0;
+        uint64_t sum = 0, freed = 0;
         usec_t retention_limit = 0;
 
         assert(directory);
@@ -267,13 +267,17 @@ int journal_directory_vacuum(
                         continue;
 
                 if (journal_file_empty(dirfd(d), p)) {
-
                         /* Always vacuum empty non-online files. */
 
-                        if (unlinkat(dirfd(d), p, 0) >= 0)
-                                log_debug("Deleted empty journal %s/%s.", directory, p);
-                        else if (errno != ENOENT)
+                        uint64_t size = 512UL * (uint64_t) st.st_blocks;
+
+                        if (unlinkat(dirfd(d), p, 0) >= 0) {
+                                log_info("Deleted empty journal %s/%s (%"PRIu64" bytes).",
+                                         directory, p, size);
+                                freed += size;
+                        } else if (errno != ENOENT)
                                 log_warning("Failed to delete %s/%s: %m", directory, p);
+
                         continue;
                 }
 
@@ -310,7 +314,9 @@ int journal_directory_vacuum(
                         break;
 
                 if (unlinkat(dirfd(d), list[i].filename, 0) >= 0) {
-                        log_debug("Deleted archived journal %s/%s.", directory, list[i].filename);
+                        log_debug("Deleted archived journal %s/%s (%"PRIu64" bytes).",
+                                  directory, list[i].filename, list[i].usage);
+                        freed += list[i].usage;
 
                         if (list[i].usage < sum)
                                 sum -= list[i].usage;
@@ -329,5 +335,7 @@ finish:
                 free(list[i].filename);
         free(list);
 
+        log_info("Vacuuming done, freed %"PRIu64" bytes", freed);
+
         return r;
 }
diff --git a/src/journal/journalctl.c b/src/journal/journalctl.c
index 27c148e689d..9a2d2553617 100644
--- a/src/journal/journalctl.c
+++ b/src/journal/journalctl.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static int access_check(sd_journal *j) {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         int r;
-        _cleanup_journal_close_ sd_journal*j = NULL;
+        _cleanup_journal_close_ sd_journal *j = NULL;
         bool need_seek = false;
         sd_id128_t previous_boot_id;
         bool previous_boot_id_valid = false, first_line = true;
diff --git a/src/journal/journald-server.c b/src/journal/journald-server.c
index 14afcfb794e..9daeb6e9e71 100644
--- a/src/journal/journald-server.c
+++ b/src/journal/journald-server.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,8 @@ int process_event(Server *s, struct epoll_event *ev) {
                 }
 
                 if (sfsi.ssi_signo == SIGUSR1) {
+                        log_info("Received request to flush runtime journal from PID %"PRIu32,
+                                 sfsi.ssi_pid);
                         touch("/run/systemd/journal/flushed");
                         server_flush_to_var(s);
                         server_sync(s);
@@ -1099,6 +1101,8 @@ int process_event(Server *s, struct epoll_event *ev) {
                 }
 
                 if (sfsi.ssi_signo == SIGUSR2) {
+                        log_info("Received request to rotate journal from PID %"PRIu32,
+                                 sfsi.ssi_pid);
                         server_rotate(s);
                         server_vacuum(s);
                         return 1;