diff --git a/lib/platform/git/storage.js b/lib/platform/git/storage.js
index a3cd08624011e858a81e34278459faf666585604..190c5a30db7b76cddab8a228da1160165e36f519 100644
--- a/lib/platform/git/storage.js
+++ b/lib/platform/git/storage.js
@@ -204,14 +204,17 @@ class Storage {
     async function deleteBranch(branchName) {
       try {
         await git.raw(['push', '--delete', 'origin', branchName]);
+        logger.debug({ branchName }, 'Deleted remote branch');
       } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
         logger.info({ branchName, err }, 'Error deleting remote branch');
         throw new Error('repository-changed');
       }
       try {
         await deleteLocalBranch(branchName);
+        // istanbul ignore next
+        logger.debug({ branchName }, 'Deleted local branch');
       } catch (err) {
-        logger.debug({ branchName, err }, 'Could not delete local branch');
+        logger.debug({ branchName }, 'No local branch to delete');
       }
     }