diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/fileService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/fileService.ts
index 44a594f32b3e2863a4c403a52053e61648f2033b..ac357fc37009f7af5d37772bc4e8f727ab7be6e6 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/fileService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/electron-browser/fileService.ts
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ export class FileService extends Disposable implements IFileService {
 		this.undeliveredRawFileChangesEvents.push(event);
 
 		if (this.environmentService.verbose) {
-			console.log('%c[node.js Watcher]%c', 'color: green', 'color: black', event.type === FileChangeType.ADDED ? '[ADDED]' : event.type === FileChangeType.DELETED ? '[DELETED]' : '[CHANGED]', event.path);
+			console.log('%c[File Watcher (node.js)]%c', 'color: blue', 'color: black', event.type === FileChangeType.ADDED ? '[ADDED]' : event.type === FileChangeType.DELETED ? '[DELETED]' : '[CHANGED]', event.path);
 		}
 
 		// handle emit through delayer to accommodate for bulk changes
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ export class FileService extends Disposable implements IFileService {
 			// Logging
 			if (this.environmentService.verbose) {
 				normalizedEvents.forEach(r => {
-					console.log('%c[node.js Watcher]%c >> normalized', 'color: green', 'color: black', r.type === FileChangeType.ADDED ? '[ADDED]' : r.type === FileChangeType.DELETED ? '[DELETED]' : '[CHANGED]', r.path);
+					console.log('%c[File Watcher (node.js)]%c >> normalized', 'color: blue', 'color: black', r.type === FileChangeType.ADDED ? '[ADDED]' : r.type === FileChangeType.DELETED ? '[DELETED]' : '[CHANGED]', r.path);
 				});
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts
index 98691d9a0301ec7ea961bfc3d028a3e42a5b1480..02e302838be7f8a1d24298e006abbda0e7112344 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/nsfwWatcherService.ts
@@ -87,10 +87,14 @@ export class NsfwWatcherService implements IWatcherService {
 					absolutePath = path.join(e.directory, e.oldFile);
 					if (!this._isPathIgnored(absolutePath, this._pathWatchers[request.basePath].ignored)) {
 						undeliveredFileEvents.push({ type: FileChangeType.DELETED, path: absolutePath });
+					} else if (this._verboseLogging) {
+						console.log(' >> ignored', absolutePath);
 					}
 					absolutePath = path.join(e.directory, e.newFile);
 					if (!this._isPathIgnored(absolutePath, this._pathWatchers[request.basePath].ignored)) {
 						undeliveredFileEvents.push({ type: FileChangeType.ADDED, path: absolutePath });
+					} else if (this._verboseLogging) {
+						console.log(' >> ignored', absolutePath);
 					}
 				} else {
 					absolutePath = path.join(e.directory, e.file);
@@ -99,6 +103,8 @@ export class NsfwWatcherService implements IWatcherService {
 							type: nsfwActionToRawChangeType[e.action],
 							path: absolutePath
 						});
+					} else if (this._verboseLogging) {
+						console.log(' >> ignored', absolutePath);
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/watcherService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/watcherService.ts
index 680109ec93af9156f0dd515379b127db895bae9a..a0fc530b01d990f561417559c0ae2025a0bb3546 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/watcherService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/watcherService.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class FileWatcher {
 		const client = new Client(
 			getPathFromAmdModule(require, 'bootstrap'),
 			{
-				serverName: 'Watcher',
+				serverName: 'File Watcher (nsfw)',
 				args: ['--type=watcherService'],
 				env: {
 					AMD_ENTRYPOINT: 'vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/nsfw/watcherApp',
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/unix/watcherService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/unix/watcherService.ts
index a83b1e7590e40cc5756efa639138cb8ebe6e5456..475bdfca4ce65f67edcec39d0bd51998965b78bb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/unix/watcherService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/unix/watcherService.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export class FileWatcher {
 		const client = new Client(
 			getPathFromAmdModule(require, 'bootstrap'),
 			{
-				serverName: 'Watcher',
+				serverName: 'File Watcher (chokidar)',
 				args,
 				env: {
 					AMD_ENTRYPOINT: 'vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/unix/watcherApp',
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/win32/csharpWatcherService.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/win32/csharpWatcherService.ts
index 93dc71bd15921fa7b005f202c05c8c11cd5ff99b..4b5b8c7867629c1dc391c727ca8b283381048c76 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/win32/csharpWatcherService.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/files/node/watcher/win32/csharpWatcherService.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ export class OutOfProcessWin32FolderWatcher {
 
 						// Support ignores
 						if (this.ignored && this.ignored.some(ignore => glob.match(ignore, absolutePath))) {
+							if (this.verboseLogging) {
+								console.log('%c[File Watcher (C#)]', 'color: blue', ' >> ignored', absolutePath);
+							}
+
 							return;
 						}
 
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ export class OutOfProcessWin32FolderWatcher {
 
 					// 3 Logging
 					else {
-						console.log('%c[File Watcher]', 'color: darkgreen', eventParts[1]);
+						console.log('%c[File Watcher (C#)]', 'color: blue', eventParts[1]);
 					}
 				}
 			});
@@ -93,19 +97,19 @@ export class OutOfProcessWin32FolderWatcher {
 	}
 
 	private onError(error: Error | Buffer): void {
-		this.errorCallback('[FileWatcher] process error: ' + error.toString());
+		this.errorCallback('[File Watcher (C#)] process error: ' + error.toString());
 	}
 
 	private onExit(code: number, signal: string): void {
 		if (this.handle) { // exit while not yet being disposed is unexpected!
-			this.errorCallback(`[FileWatcher] terminated unexpectedly (code: ${code}, signal: ${signal})`);
+			this.errorCallback(`[File Watcher (C#)] terminated unexpectedly (code: ${code}, signal: ${signal})`);
 
 			if (this.restartCounter <= OutOfProcessWin32FolderWatcher.MAX_RESTARTS) {
-				this.errorCallback('[FileWatcher] is restarted again...');
+				this.errorCallback('[File Watcher (C#)] is restarted again...');
 				this.restartCounter++;
 				this.startWatcher(); // restart
 			} else {
-				this.errorCallback('[FileWatcher] Watcher failed to start after retrying for some time, giving up. Please report this as a bug report!');
+				this.errorCallback('[File Watcher (C#)] Watcher failed to start after retrying for some time, giving up. Please report this as a bug report!');
 			}
 		}
 	}