diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device.cpp
index ea8e5b02e..dfbccebd4 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d11/d3d11_device.cpp
@@ -1652,6 +1652,8 @@ void WrappedID3D11Device::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsBackgroundCapturing(m_State))
     return;
 
+  RDCLOG("Starting capture");
+
   m_CaptureTimer.Restart();
 
   m_State = CaptureState::ActiveCapturing;
@@ -1698,8 +1700,6 @@ void WrappedID3D11Device::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
 
   if(m_pInfoQueue)
     m_pInfoQueue->ClearStoredMessages();
-
-  RDCLOG("Starting capture, frame %u", m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 }
 
 bool WrappedID3D11Device::EndFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
@@ -2133,6 +2133,8 @@ bool WrappedID3D11Device::DiscardFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsActiveCapturing(m_State))
     return true;
 
+  RDCLOG("Discarding frame capture.");
+
   RenderDoc::Inst().FinishCaptureWriting(NULL, m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 
   m_pImmediateContext->CleanupCapture();
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_device.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_device.cpp
index 9448e4507..e2a116966 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_device.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/d3d12/d3d12_device.cpp
@@ -1765,6 +1765,8 @@ void WrappedID3D12Device::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsBackgroundCapturing(m_State))
     return;
 
+  RDCLOG("Starting capture");
+
   m_CaptureTimer.Restart();
 
   m_AppControlledCapture = true;
@@ -1839,8 +1841,6 @@ void WrappedID3D12Device::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   }
 
   GetResourceManager()->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(m_ResourceID, eFrameRef_Read);
-
-  RDCLOG("Starting capture, frame %u", m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 }
 
 bool WrappedID3D12Device::EndFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
@@ -2177,6 +2177,8 @@ bool WrappedID3D12Device::DiscardFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsActiveCapturing(m_State))
     return true;
 
+  RDCLOG("Discarding frame capture.");
+
   RenderDoc::Inst().FinishCaptureWriting(NULL, m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 
   m_CapturedFrames.pop_back();
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_driver.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_driver.cpp
index 66016d324..a32bdd115 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_driver.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_driver.cpp
@@ -2156,6 +2156,8 @@ void WrappedOpenGL::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsBackgroundCapturing(m_State))
     return;
 
+  RDCLOG("Starting capture");
+
   m_CaptureTimer.Restart();
 
   SCOPED_LOCK(glLock);
@@ -2209,8 +2211,6 @@ void WrappedOpenGL::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
 
     m_ActiveContexts[Threading::GetCurrentID()] = existing;
   }
-
-  RDCLOG("Starting capture, frame %u", m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 }
 
 bool WrappedOpenGL::EndFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
@@ -2503,6 +2503,8 @@ bool WrappedOpenGL::DiscardFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsActiveCapturing(m_State))
     return true;
 
+  RDCLOG("Discarding frame capture.");
+
   SCOPED_LOCK(glLock);
 
   RenderDoc::Inst().FinishCaptureWriting(NULL, m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_core.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_core.cpp
index d2d0cb071..c69e71e57 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_core.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_core.cpp
@@ -1550,6 +1550,8 @@ void WrappedVulkan::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsBackgroundCapturing(m_State))
     return;
 
+  RDCLOG("Starting capture");
+
   m_CaptureTimer.Restart();
 
   GetResourceManager()->ResetCaptureStartTime();
@@ -1639,8 +1641,6 @@ void WrappedVulkan::StartFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
     GetResourceManager()->MarkMemoryFrameReferenced((*it)->baseResource, (*it)->memOffset,
                                                     (*it)->memSize, eFrameRef_ReadBeforeWrite);
   }
-
-  RDCLOG("Starting capture, frame %u", m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 }
 
 bool WrappedVulkan::EndFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
@@ -2077,6 +2077,8 @@ bool WrappedVulkan::DiscardFrameCapture(void *dev, void *wnd)
   if(!IsActiveCapturing(m_State))
     return true;
 
+  RDCLOG("Discarding frame capture.");
+
   RenderDoc::Inst().FinishCaptureWriting(NULL, m_CapturedFrames.back().frameNumber);
 
   m_CapturedFrames.pop_back();