diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 71891a57e..73c1dd943 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -993,14 +993,14 @@ main() {
     fi
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Stopping Salt Minion service."
+    echo "Stopping Salt Minion service at $(date +"%T.%6N")."
     systemctl stop salt-minion
-    echo "Killing any remaining Salt Minion processes."
+    echo "Killing any remaining Salt Minion processes at $(date +"%T.%6N")"
     set +e
     pkill -9 -ef /usr/bin/salt-minion
     set -e
     echo ""
-    echo "Stopping Salt Master service."
+    echo "Stopping Salt Master service at $(date +"%T.%6N")"
     systemctl stop salt-master
     echo ""
 
@@ -1048,11 +1048,11 @@ main() {
     update_version
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Locking down Salt Master for upgrade"
+    echo "Locking down Salt Master for upgrade at $(date +"%T.%6N")."
     masterlock
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Starting Salt Master service."
+    echo "Starting Salt Master service at $(date +"%T.%6N")."
     systemctl start salt-master
 
     # Testing that salt-master is up by checking that is it connected to itself
@@ -1083,13 +1083,13 @@ main() {
     set -e
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Stopping Salt Master to remove ACL"
+    echo "Stopping Salt Master to remove ACL at $(date +"%T.%6N")."
     systemctl stop salt-master
 
     masterunlock
 
     echo ""
-    echo "Starting Salt Master service."
+    echo "Starting Salt Master service at $(date +"%T.%6N") ."
     systemctl start salt-master
 
     set +e