diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/ReactorNettyTcpStompClient.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/ReactorNettyTcpStompClient.java
index 65e7a9c509b..a4e8048db96 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/ReactorNettyTcpStompClient.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/ReactorNettyTcpStompClient.java
@@ -89,4 +89,8 @@ public class ReactorNettyTcpStompClient extends StompClientSupport {
 		this.tcpClient.shutdown();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ReactorNettyTcpStompClient[" + this.tcpClient + "]";
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.java
index 7a3b28c231f..bf62680ab97 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/stomp/StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.java
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ public class StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler extends AbstractBrokerMessageHandler
 
 	public static final String SYSTEM_SESSION_ID = "_system_";
 
-	// STOMP recommends error of margin for receiving heartbeats
+	/** STOMP recommended error of margin for receiving heartbeats */
 	private static final long HEARTBEAT_MULTIPLIER = 3;
 
 	/**
-	 * A heartbeat is setup once a CONNECTED frame is received which contains the heartbeat settings
-	 * we need. If we don't receive CONNECTED within a minute, the connection is closed proactively.
+	 * Heartbeat starts once CONNECTED frame with heartbeat settings is received.
+	 * If CONNECTED doesn't arrive within a minute, we'll close the connection.
 	 */
 	private static final int MAX_TIME_TO_CONNECTED_FRAME = 60 * 1000;
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public class StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler extends AbstractBrokerMessageHandler
 		}
 
 		if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-			logger.info("Connecting \"system\" session to " + this.relayHost + ":" + this.relayPort);
+			logger.info("Starting \"system\" session, " + toString());
 		}
 
 		StompHeaderAccessor accessor = StompHeaderAccessor.create(StompCommand.CONNECT);
@@ -552,7 +552,11 @@ public class StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler extends AbstractBrokerMessageHandler
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "StompBrokerRelay[" + this.relayHost + ":" + this.relayPort + "]";
+		return "StompBrokerRelay[" + getTcpClientInfo() + "]";
+	}
+
+	private String getTcpClientInfo() {
+		return this.tcpClient != null ? this.tcpClient.toString() : this.relayHost + ":" + this.relayPort;
 	}
 
 
@@ -987,7 +991,7 @@ public class StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler extends AbstractBrokerMessageHandler
 	private static class VoidCallable implements Callable<Void> {
 
 		@Override
-		public Void call() throws Exception {
+		public Void call() {
 			return null;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1014,7 +1018,7 @@ public class StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler extends AbstractBrokerMessageHandler
 		}
 
 		public String toString() {
-			return (connectionHandlers.size() + " sessions, " + relayHost + ":" + relayPort +
+			return (connectionHandlers.size() + " sessions, " + getTcpClientInfo() +
 					(isBrokerAvailable() ? " (available)" : " (not available)") +
 					", processed CONNECT(" + this.connect.get() + ")-CONNECTED(" +
 					this.connected.get() + ")-DISCONNECT(" + this.disconnect.get() + ")");
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorNettyTcpClient.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorNettyTcpClient.java
index 99dccd316d9..83cce81f0d8 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorNettyTcpClient.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/tcp/reactor/ReactorNettyTcpClient.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import io.netty.channel.group.ChannelGroup;
 import io.netty.channel.group.DefaultChannelGroup;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder;
 import io.netty.util.concurrent.ImmediateEventExecutor;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
 import reactor.core.publisher.DirectProcessor;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.concurrent.SettableListenableFuture;
  */
 public class ReactorNettyTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 
+	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ReactorNettyTcpClient.class);
+
 	private static final int PUBLISH_ON_BUFFER_SIZE = 16;
 
 
@@ -201,7 +205,7 @@ public class ReactorNettyTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 				.doOnNext(updateConnectMono(connectMono))
 				.doOnError(updateConnectMono(connectMono))
 				.doOnError(handler::afterConnectFailure)    // report all connect failures to the handler
-				.flatMap(NettyContext::onClose)                // post-connect issues
+				.flatMap(NettyContext::onClose)             // post-connect issues
 				.retryWhen(reconnectFunction(strategy))
 				.repeatWhen(reconnectFunction(strategy))
 				.subscribe();
@@ -281,6 +285,11 @@ public class ReactorNettyTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return "ReactorNettyTcpClient[" + this.tcpClient + "]";
+	}
+
 
 	private class ReactorNettyHandler implements BiFunction<NettyInbound, NettyOutbound, Publisher<Void>> {
 
@@ -293,6 +302,9 @@ public class ReactorNettyTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 		@Override
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		public Publisher<Void> apply(NettyInbound inbound, NettyOutbound outbound) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Connected to " + inbound.remoteAddress());
+			}
 			DirectProcessor<Void> completion = DirectProcessor.create();
 			TcpConnection<P> connection = new ReactorNettyTcpConnection<>(inbound, outbound,  codec, completion);
 			scheduler.schedule(() -> connectionHandler.afterConnected(connection));
@@ -321,7 +333,7 @@ public class ReactorNettyTcpClient<P> implements TcpOperations<P> {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) throws Exception {
+		protected void decode(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ByteBuf in, List<Object> out) {
 			Collection<Message<P>> messages = codec.decode(in);
 			out.addAll(messages);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
index 47b70d7f5a2..fbdcea74fb9 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/socket/config/MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests.java
@@ -278,9 +278,9 @@ public class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		assertEquals(5000, messageBroker.getSystemHeartbeatSendInterval());
 		assertThat(messageBroker.getDestinationPrefixes(), Matchers.containsInAnyOrder("/topic","/queue"));
 
-		List<Class<? extends MessageHandler>> subscriberTypes =
-				Arrays.<Class<? extends MessageHandler>>asList(SimpAnnotationMethodMessageHandler.class,
-						UserDestinationMessageHandler.class, StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.class);
+		List<Class<? extends MessageHandler>> subscriberTypes = Arrays.asList(
+				SimpAnnotationMethodMessageHandler.class, UserDestinationMessageHandler.class,
+				StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.class);
 		testChannel("clientInboundChannel", subscriberTypes, 2);
 		testExecutor("clientInboundChannel", Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 60);
 
@@ -288,8 +288,7 @@ public class MessageBrokerBeanDefinitionParserTests {
 		testChannel("clientOutboundChannel", subscriberTypes, 1);
 		testExecutor("clientOutboundChannel", Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 2, Integer.MAX_VALUE, 60);
 
-		subscriberTypes = Arrays.<Class<? extends MessageHandler>>asList(
-				StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.class, UserDestinationMessageHandler.class);
+		subscriberTypes = Arrays.asList(StompBrokerRelayMessageHandler.class, UserDestinationMessageHandler.class);
 		testChannel("brokerChannel", subscriberTypes, 1);
 		try {
 			this.appContext.getBean("brokerChannelExecutor", ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.class);