diff --git a/bin/heat-api b/bin/heat-api
index 77afe9d1f2..8917308c01 100755
--- a/bin/heat-api
+++ b/bin/heat-api
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         app = config.load_paste_app(conf)
 
+        port = config.DEFAULT_PORT
+        print 'Starting Heat API on port %s' % port
         server = wsgi.Server()
-        server.start(app, conf, default_port=config.DEFAULT_PORT)
+        server.start(app, conf, default_port=port)
         server.wait()
     except RuntimeError, e:
         sys.exit("ERROR: %s" % e)
diff --git a/bin/heat-engine b/bin/heat-engine
index 1ec36aeb4c..d162bf27e0 100755
--- a/bin/heat-engine
+++ b/bin/heat-engine
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         app = config.load_paste_app(conf)
 
+        port = config.DEFAULT_PORT+1
+        print 'Starting Heat Engine on port %s' % port
         server = wsgi.Server()
-        server.start(app, conf, default_port=config.DEFAULT_PORT+1)
+        server.start(app, conf, default_port=port)
         server.wait()
     except RuntimeError, e:
         sys.exit("ERROR: %s" % e)