diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt
index daaae6ceaec..5662186d02f 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/compilerRunner/KotlinToolRunner.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil.escapeStringCharacters
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.target.HostManager
 import java.io.File
@@ -67,37 +68,58 @@ internal abstract class KotlinToolRunner(
     }
 
     fun run(args: List<String>) {
-        project.logger.info("Run tool: \"$displayName\" with args: ${args.joinToString(separator = " ")}")
         checkClasspath()
 
         if (mustRunViaExec) runViaExec(args) else runInProcess(args)
     }
 
     private fun runViaExec(args: List<String>) {
+        val transformedArgs = transformArgs(args)
+        val classpath = project.files(classpath)
+        val systemProperties = System.getProperties().asSequence()
+            .map { (k, v) -> k.toString() to v.toString() }
+            .filter { (k, _) -> k !in execSystemPropertiesBlacklist }
+            .escapeQuotesForWindows()
+            .toMap() + execSystemProperties
+
+        project.logger.info(
+            """|Run "$displayName" tool in a separate JVM process
+               |Main class = $mainClass
+               |Arguments = ${transformedArgs.toPrettyString()}
+               |Classpath = ${classpath.files.map { it.absolutePath }.toPrettyString()}
+               |JVM options = ${jvmArgs.toPrettyString()}
+               |Java system properties = ${systemProperties.toPrettyString()}
+               |Suppressed ENV variables = ${execEnvironmentBlacklist.toPrettyString()}
+               |Custom ENV variables = ${execEnvironment.toPrettyString()}
+            """.trimMargin()
+        )
+
         project.javaexec { spec ->
             spec.main = mainClass
-            spec.classpath = project.files(classpath)
+            spec.classpath = classpath
             spec.jvmArgs(jvmArgs)
-            spec.systemProperties(
-                System.getProperties().asSequence()
-                    .map { (k, v) -> k.toString() to v.toString() }
-                    .filter { (k, _) -> k !in execSystemPropertiesBlacklist }
-                    .escapeQuotesForWindows()
-                    .toMap()
-            )
-            spec.systemProperties(execSystemProperties)
+            spec.systemProperties(systemProperties)
             execEnvironmentBlacklist.forEach { spec.environment.remove(it) }
             spec.environment(execEnvironment)
-            spec.args(transformArgs(args))
+            spec.args(transformedArgs)
         }
     }
 
     private fun runInProcess(args: List<String>) {
+        val transformedArgs = transformArgs(args)
+
+        project.logger.info(
+            """|Run in-process tool "$displayName"
+               |Entry point method = $mainClass.$daemonEntryPoint
+               |Arguments = ${transformedArgs.toPrettyString()}
+            """.trimMargin()
+        )
+
         try {
             val mainClass = getIsolatedClassLoader().loadClass(mainClass)
             val entryPoint = mainClass.methods.single { it.name == daemonEntryPoint }
 
-            entryPoint.invoke(null, transformArgs(args).toTypedArray())
+            entryPoint.invoke(null, transformedArgs.toTypedArray())
         } catch (t: InvocationTargetException) {
             throw t.targetException
         }
@@ -110,5 +132,24 @@ internal abstract class KotlinToolRunner(
             if (HostManager.hostIsMingw) map { (key, value) -> key.escapeQuotes() to value.escapeQuotes() } else this
 
         private val isolatedClassLoadersMap = ConcurrentHashMap<Any, ClassLoader>()
+
+        private fun Map<String, String>.toPrettyString(): String = buildString {
+            append('{')
+            if (this@toPrettyString.isNotEmpty()) append('\n')
+            this@toPrettyString.entries.forEach { (key, value) ->
+                append('\t').append(key).append(" = ").append(value.toPrettyString()).append('\n')
+            }
+            append('}')
+        }
+
+        private fun Collection<String>.toPrettyString(): String = buildString {
+            append('[')
+            if (this@toPrettyString.isNotEmpty()) append('\n')
+            this@toPrettyString.forEach { append('\t').append(it.toPrettyString()).append('\n') }
+            append(']')
+        }
+
+        private fun String.toPrettyString(): String =
+            if (isEmpty()) "\"\"" else escapeStringCharacters(this).let { if (any(Char::isWhitespace)) "\"$it\"" else it }
     }
 }