diff --git a/Lib/telnetlib.py b/Lib/telnetlib.py
index 4784a6988e8..2012e16d41e 100644
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def write(self, buffer):
 	"""
 	if IAC in buffer:
 	    buffer = string.replace(buffer, IAC, IAC+IAC)
+	self.msg("send %s", `buffer`)
 	self.sock.send(buffer)
 
     def read_until(self, match, timeout=None):
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ def fill_rawq(self):
 	# The buffer size should be fairly small so as to avoid quadratic
 	# behavior in process_rawq() above
 	buf = self.sock.recv(50)
+	self.msg("recv %s", `buf`)
 	self.eof = (not buf)
 	self.rawq = self.rawq + buf