diff --git a/core/blockchain.go b/core/blockchain.go
index 6462c17fa5..00bfd7b3c7 100644
--- a/core/blockchain.go
+++ b/core/blockchain.go
@@ -1082,8 +1082,6 @@ func (self *BlockChain) reorg(oldBlock, newBlock *types.Block) error {
 		newChain    types.Blocks
 		oldChain    types.Blocks
 		commonBlock *types.Block
-		oldStart    = oldBlock
-		newStart    = newBlock
 		deletedTxs  types.Transactions
 		deletedLogs []*types.Log
 		// collectLogs collects the logs that were generated during the
@@ -1124,7 +1122,6 @@ func (self *BlockChain) reorg(oldBlock, newBlock *types.Block) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid new chain")
 	}
 
-	numSplit := newBlock.Number()
 	for {
 		if oldBlock.Hash() == newBlock.Hash() {
 			commonBlock = oldBlock
@@ -1145,9 +1142,24 @@ func (self *BlockChain) reorg(oldBlock, newBlock *types.Block) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if glog.V(logger.Debug) {
+	oldLen := len(oldChain)
+
+	if glog.V(logger.Debug)  || oldLen > 63 {
 		commonHash := commonBlock.Hash()
-		glog.Infof("Chain split detected @ %x. Reorganising chain from #%v %x to %x", commonHash[:4], numSplit, oldStart.Hash().Bytes()[:4], newStart.Hash().Bytes()[:4])
+		commonNumber := commonBlock.Number()
+		newLen := len(newChain)
+
+		newLast   := newChain[0]
+		newFirst  := newChain[newLen-1]
+		oldLast   := oldChain[0]
+		oldFirst  := oldChain[oldLen-1]
+		glog.Infof("Chain split detected after #%v [%x…]. Reorganising chain (-%v +%v blocks) from #%v-#%v [%x/%x] in favour of #%v-#%v [%x/%x]", 
+				commonNumber, commonHash[:4], 
+				oldLen, newLen,
+				oldFirst.Number(),oldLast.Number(),
+				oldFirst.Hash().Bytes()[:4] ,oldLast.Hash().Bytes()[:4], 
+				newFirst.Number(),newLast.Number(),
+				newFirst.Hash().Bytes()[:4], newLast.Hash().Bytes()[:4])
 	}
 
 	var addedTxs types.Transactions