diff --git a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs
index f58f620b44..04f79b2d4d 100644
--- a/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs
+++ b/crates/consensus/beacon/src/engine/message.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use reth_rpc_types::engine::{
     ForkchoiceUpdateError, ForkchoiceUpdated, PayloadId, PayloadStatus, PayloadStatusEnum,
 };
 use std::{
+    fmt::Display,
     future::Future,
     pin::Pin,
     task::{ready, Context, Poll},
@@ -160,3 +161,31 @@ pub enum BeaconEngineMessage<Engine: EngineTypes> {
     /// Message with exchanged transition configuration.
     TransitionConfigurationExchanged,
 }
+
+impl<Engine: EngineTypes> Display for BeaconEngineMessage<Engine> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::NewPayload { payload, .. } => {
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "NewPayload(parent: {}, number: {}, hash: {})",
+                    payload.parent_hash(),
+                    payload.block_number(),
+                    payload.block_hash()
+                )
+            }
+            Self::ForkchoiceUpdated { state, payload_attrs, .. } => {
+                // we don't want to print the entire payload attributes, because for OP this
+                // includes all txs
+                write!(
+                    f,
+                    "ForkchoiceUpdated {{ state: {state:?}, has_payload_attributes: {} }}",
+                    payload_attrs.is_some()
+                )
+            }
+            Self::TransitionConfigurationExchanged => {
+                write!(f, "TransitionConfigurationExchanged")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/engine.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/engine.rs
index 8fa927d8d0..d2542e1229 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/engine.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/engine.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use reth_engine_primitives::EngineTypes;
 use reth_primitives::{SealedBlockWithSenders, B256};
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
+    fmt::Display,
     sync::mpsc::Sender,
     task::{ready, Context, Poll},
 };
@@ -228,6 +229,17 @@ pub enum EngineApiRequest<T: EngineTypes> {
     InsertExecutedBlock(ExecutedBlock),
 }
 
+impl<T: EngineTypes> Display for EngineApiRequest<T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Beacon(msg) => msg.fmt(f),
+            Self::InsertExecutedBlock(block) => {
+                write!(f, "InsertExecutedBlock({:?})", block.block().num_hash())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T: EngineTypes> From<BeaconEngineMessage<T>> for EngineApiRequest<T> {
     fn from(msg: BeaconEngineMessage<T>) -> Self {
         Self::Beacon(msg)
@@ -276,6 +288,18 @@ pub enum FromEngine<Req> {
     DownloadedBlocks(Vec<SealedBlockWithSenders>),
 }
 
+impl<Req: Display> Display for FromEngine<Req> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Event(ev) => write!(f, "Event({ev:?})"),
+            Self::Request(req) => write!(f, "Request({req})"),
+            Self::DownloadedBlocks(blocks) => {
+                write!(f, "DownloadedBlocks({} blocks)", blocks.len())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<Req> From<FromOrchestrator> for FromEngine<Req> {
     fn from(event: FromOrchestrator) -> Self {
         Self::Event(event)
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
index ef7ce66c7b..a4f6228030 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/mod.rs
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ where
         loop {
             match self.try_recv_engine_message() {
                 Ok(Some(msg)) => {
-                    debug!(target: "engine::tree", ?msg, "received new engine message");
+                    debug!(target: "engine::tree", %msg, "received new engine message");
                     if let Err(fatal) = self.on_engine_message(msg) {
                         error!(target: "engine::tree", %fatal, "insert block fatal error");
                         return