diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
index a648dc220f6ee..dd4c29d7df626 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
@@ -747,15 +747,25 @@ protected void log(SessionId sessionId, String commandName, Object toLog, When w
       if (text.length() > 100 && Boolean.getBoolean("webdriver.remote.shorten_log_messages")) {
         text = text.substring(0, 100) + "...";
       }
+    } else if (commandName.equals(DriverCommand.NEW_SESSION) && toLog instanceof Response) {
+      Response responseToLog = (Response) toLog;
+      try {
+        Map<String, Object> value = (Map<String, Object>) responseToLog.getValue();
+        text = new MutableCapabilities(value).toString();
+      } catch (ClassCastException ex) {
+        // keep existing text
+      }
     }
-    // No need to log a screenshot response.
+
+    // No need to log a base64 encoded responses.
     if ((commandName.equals(DriverCommand.SCREENSHOT)
-            || commandName.equals(DriverCommand.ELEMENT_SCREENSHOT))
+            || commandName.equals(DriverCommand.ELEMENT_SCREENSHOT)
+            || commandName.equals(DriverCommand.PRINT_PAGE)
+            || commandName.equals("fullPageScreenshot"))
         && toLog instanceof Response) {
       Response responseToLog = (Response) toLog;
       Response copyToLog = new Response(new SessionId((responseToLog).getSessionId()));
-      copyToLog.setValue("*Screenshot response suppressed*");
-      copyToLog.setStatus(responseToLog.getStatus());
+      copyToLog.setValue(String.format("*%s response suppressed*", commandName));
       copyToLog.setState(responseToLog.getState());
       text = String.valueOf(copyToLog);
     }
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpResponseCodec.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpResponseCodec.java
index 5f3cbd12e250c..2d9730911adbf 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpResponseCodec.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/codec/w3c/W3CHttpResponseCodec.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class W3CHttpResponseCodec extends AbstractHttpResponseCodec {
   public Response decode(HttpResponse encodedResponse) {
     String content = string(encodedResponse).trim();
     LOG.log(
-        Level.FINE,
+        Level.FINER,
         "Decoding response. Response code was: {0} and content: {1}",
         new Object[] {encodedResponse.getStatus(), content});
     String contentType = nullToEmpty(encodedResponse.getHeader(CONTENT_TYPE));
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/DumpHttpExchangeFilter.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/DumpHttpExchangeFilter.java
index a614ceac66ab8..0666f52c09613 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/DumpHttpExchangeFilter.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/http/DumpHttpExchangeFilter.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Debug;
 import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Require;
 
 public class DumpHttpExchangeFilter implements Filter {
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ public class DumpHttpExchangeFilter implements Filter {
   private final Level logLevel;
 
   public DumpHttpExchangeFilter() {
-    this(Debug.getDebugLogLevel());
+    this(Level.FINER);
   }
 
   public DumpHttpExchangeFilter(Level logLevel) {