diff --git a/src/log-writes/log-writes.c b/src/log-writes/log-writes.c
index 09391574..a872429d 100644
--- a/src/log-writes/log-writes.c
+++ b/src/log-writes/log-writes.c
@@ -120,6 +120,58 @@ int log_discard(struct log *log, struct log_write_entry *entry)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#define DEFINE_LOG_FLAGS_STR_ENTRY(x)	\
+	{LOG_##x##_FLAG, #x}
+
+struct flags_to_str_entry {
+	u64 flags;
+	const char *str;
+} log_flags_table[] = {
+	DEFINE_LOG_FLAGS_STR_ENTRY(FLUSH),
+	DEFINE_LOG_FLAGS_STR_ENTRY(FUA),
+	DEFINE_LOG_FLAGS_STR_ENTRY(DISCARD),
+	DEFINE_LOG_FLAGS_STR_ENTRY(MARK)
+};
+
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
+#define LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE	128
+/*
+ * Convert numeric flags to human readable flags.
+ * @flags:	numeric flags
+ * @buf:	output buffer for human readable string.
+ * 		must have enough space (LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE) to contain all
+ * 		the string
+ */
+static void entry_flags_to_str(u64 flags, char *buf)
+{
+	int empty = 1;
+	int left_len;
+	int i;
+
+	buf[0] = '\0';
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(log_flags_table); i++) {
+		if (flags & log_flags_table[i].flags) {
+			if (!empty)
+				strncat(buf, "|", LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE);
+			empty = 0;
+			strncat(buf, log_flags_table[i].str, LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE);
+			flags &= ~log_flags_table[i].flags;
+		}
+	}
+	if (flags) {
+		if (!empty)
+			strncat(buf, "|", LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE);
+		empty = 0;
+		left_len = LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE - strnlen(buf,
+						        LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE);
+		if (left_len > 0)
+			snprintf(buf + strnlen(buf, LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE),
+				 left_len, "UNKNOWN.0x%llx", flags);
+	}
+	if (empty)
+		strncpy(buf, "NONE", LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE);
+}
+
 /*
  * @log: the log we are replaying.
  * @entry: entry to be replayed.
@@ -179,6 +231,7 @@ int log_replay_next_entry(struct log *log, struct log_write_entry *entry,
 	size_t read_size = read_data ? log->sectorsize :
 		sizeof(struct log_write_entry);
 	char *buf;
+	char flags_buf[LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE];
 	ssize_t ret;
 	off_t offset;
 	int skip = 0;
@@ -210,19 +263,20 @@ int log_replay_next_entry(struct log *log, struct log_write_entry *entry,
 		log->cur_pos += read_size;
 	}
 
+	flags = le64_to_cpu(entry->flags);
+	entry_flags_to_str(flags, flags_buf);
 	skip = log_should_skip(log, entry);
 	if (log_writes_verbose > 1 || (log_writes_verbose && !skip)) {
-		printf("%s %d@%llu: sector %llu, size %llu, flags %llu\n",
+		printf("%s %d@%llu: sector %llu, size %llu, flags 0x%llx(%s)\n",
 		       skip ? "skipping" : "replaying",
 		       (int)log->cur_entry - 1, log->cur_pos / log->sectorsize,
 		       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry->sector),
 		       (unsigned long long)size,
-		       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry->flags));
+		       (unsigned long long)flags, flags_buf);
 	}
 	if (!size)
 		return 0;
 
-	flags = le64_to_cpu(entry->flags);
 	if (flags & LOG_DISCARD_FLAG)
 		return log_discard(log, entry);
 
@@ -301,7 +355,7 @@ int log_seek_entry(struct log *log, u64 entry_num)
 			return -1;
 		}
 		if (log_writes_verbose > 1)
-			printf("seek entry %d@%llu: %llu, size %llu, flags %llu\n",
+			printf("seek entry %d@%llu: %llu, size %llu, flags 0x%llx\n",
 			       (int)i, log->cur_pos / log->sectorsize,
 			       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry.sector),
 			       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry.nr_sectors),
@@ -339,6 +393,7 @@ int log_seek_next_entry(struct log *log, struct log_write_entry *entry,
 	size_t read_size = read_data ? log->sectorsize :
 		sizeof(struct log_write_entry);
 	u64 flags;
+	char flags_buf[LOG_FLAGS_BUF_SIZE];
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	if (log->cur_entry >= log->nr_entries)
@@ -366,14 +421,15 @@ int log_seek_next_entry(struct log *log, struct log_write_entry *entry,
 	} else {
 		log->cur_pos += read_size;
 	}
+	flags = le64_to_cpu(entry->flags);
+	entry_flags_to_str(flags, flags_buf);
 	if (log_writes_verbose > 1)
-		printf("seek entry %d@%llu: %llu, size %llu, flags %llu\n",
+		printf("seek entry %d@%llu: %llu, size %llu, flags 0x%llx(%s)\n",
 		       (int)log->cur_entry - 1, log->cur_pos / log->sectorsize,
 		       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry->sector),
 		       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry->nr_sectors),
-		       (unsigned long long)le64_to_cpu(entry->flags));
+		       (unsigned long long)flags, flags_buf);
 
-	flags = le64_to_cpu(entry->flags);
 	read_size = le64_to_cpu(entry->nr_sectors) * log->sectorsize;
 	if (!read_size || (flags & LOG_DISCARD_FLAG))
 		return 0;
