diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator.go
index ed72e710f5fd..d47a4ae9f516 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator.go
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ package priority
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	apiv1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	vpa_types "k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/apis/autoscaling.k8s.io/v1"
 	"k8s.io/autoscaler/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/annotations"
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ func (calc *UpdatePriorityCalculator) AddPod(pod *apiv1.Pod, now time.Time) {
 		klog.V(4).Infof("not updating pod %v/%v because resource would not change", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
 		return
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("pod accepted for update %v/%v with priority %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, updatePriority.ResourceDiff)
+	klog.V(2).Infof("pod accepted for update %v/%v with priority %v - processed recommendations:\n%v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, updatePriority.ResourceDiff, calc.GetProcessedRecommendationTargets(processedRecommendation))
 	calc.pods = append(calc.pods, prioritizedPod{
 		pod:            pod,
 		priority:       updatePriority,
@@ -163,6 +166,35 @@ func (calc *UpdatePriorityCalculator) GetSortedPods(admission PodEvictionAdmissi
 	return result
 }
 
+// GetProcessedRecommendationTargets takes a RecommendedPodResources object and returns a formatted string
+// with the recommended pod resources. Specifically, it formats the target and uncapped target CPU and memory.
+func (calc *UpdatePriorityCalculator) GetProcessedRecommendationTargets(r *vpa_types.RecommendedPodResources) string {
+	sb := &strings.Builder{}
+	for _, cr := range r.ContainerRecommendations {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%s: ", cr.ContainerName))
+		if cr.Target != nil {
+			sb.WriteString("target: ")
+			if !cr.Target.Memory().IsZero() {
+				sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%dk ", cr.Target.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Kilo)))
+			}
+			if !cr.Target.Cpu().IsZero() {
+				sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%vm; ", cr.Target.Cpu().MilliValue()))
+			}
+		}
+		if cr.UncappedTarget != nil {
+			sb.WriteString("uncappedTarget: ")
+			if !cr.UncappedTarget.Memory().IsZero() {
+				sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%dk ", cr.UncappedTarget.Memory().ScaledValue(resource.Kilo)))
+			}
+			if !cr.UncappedTarget.Cpu().IsZero() {
+				sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("%vm;", cr.UncappedTarget.Cpu().MilliValue()))
+			}
+		}
+		sb.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+	return sb.String()
+}
+
 func parseVpaObservedContainers(pod *apiv1.Pod) (bool, sets.String) {
 	observedContainers, hasObservedContainers := pod.GetAnnotations()[annotations.VpaObservedContainersLabel]
 	vpaContainerSet := sets.NewString()
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator_test.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator_test.go
index 94b149f8c877..2d169d38afad 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator_test.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/updater/priority/update_priority_calculator_test.go
@@ -555,3 +555,39 @@ func TestLessPodPriority(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestAddPodLogs(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		givenRec    *vpa_types.RecommendedPodResources
+		expectedLog string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "container with target and uncappedTarget",
+			givenRec:    test.Recommendation().WithContainer(containerName).WithTarget("4", "10M").Get(),
+			expectedLog: "container1: target: 10000k 4000m; uncappedTarget: 10000k 4000m;\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "container with cpu only",
+			givenRec:    test.Recommendation().WithContainer(containerName).WithTarget("8", "").Get(),
+			expectedLog: "container1: target: 8000m; uncappedTarget: 8000m;\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "container with memory only",
+			givenRec:    test.Recommendation().WithContainer(containerName).WithTarget("", "10M").Get(),
+			expectedLog: "container1: target: 10000k uncappedTarget: 10000k \n",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			vpa := test.VerticalPodAutoscaler().WithContainer(containerName).WithTarget("10", "").Get()
+			priorityProcessor := NewFakeProcessor(map[string]PodPriority{
+				"POD1": {ScaleUp: true, ResourceDiff: 4.0}})
+			calculator := NewUpdatePriorityCalculator(vpa, nil,
+				&test.FakeRecommendationProcessor{}, priorityProcessor)
+
+			actualLog := calculator.GetProcessedRecommendationTargets(tc.givenRec)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedLog, actualLog)
+		})
+	}
+}