diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
index 1eaff53af..0a7110ad6 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/evictions/evictions.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package evictions
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	policy "k8s.io/api/policy/v1beta1"
@@ -124,7 +125,11 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) TotalEvicted() int {
 // EvictPod returns non-nil error only when evicting a pod on a node is not
 // possible (due to maxPodsToEvict constraint). Success is true when the pod
 // is evicted on the server side.
-func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node) (bool, error) {
+func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node, reasons ...string) (bool, error) {
+	reason := ""
+	if len(reasons) > 0 {
+		reason = " (" + strings.Join(reasons, ", ") + ")"
+	}
 	if pe.maxPodsToEvict > 0 && pe.nodepodCount[node]+1 > pe.maxPodsToEvict {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("Maximum number %v of evicted pods per %q node reached", pe.maxPodsToEvict, node.Name)
 	}
@@ -132,15 +137,15 @@ func (pe *PodEvictor) EvictPod(ctx context.Context, pod *v1.Pod, node *v1.Node)
 	err := evictPod(ctx, pe.client, pod, pe.policyGroupVersion, pe.dryRun)
 	if err != nil {
 		// err is used only for logging purposes
-		klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: %#v in namespace %#v (%#v)", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, err)
+		klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: %#v in namespace %#v%s: %#v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, reason, err)
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
 	pe.nodepodCount[node]++
 	if pe.dryRun {
-		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod in dry run mode: %#v in namespace %#v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod in dry run mode: %#v in namespace %#v%s", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, reason)
 	} else {
-		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v in namespace %#v", pod.Name, pod.Namespace)
+		klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v in namespace %#v%s", pod.Name, pod.Namespace, reason)
 	}
 	return true, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates.go
index 568a6c99a..7840b2ce7 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/duplicates.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func RemoveDuplicatePods(
 		}
 
 		for _, pod := range duplicatePods {
-			if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node); err != nil {
+			if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "RemoveDuplicatePods"); err != nil {
 				klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 				break
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization.go
index 26d609cd9..b16f84e61 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/lownodeutilization.go
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func evictPods(
 			cUsage := utils.GetResourceRequest(pod, v1.ResourceCPU)
 			mUsage := utils.GetResourceRequest(pod, v1.ResourceMemory)
 
-			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node)
+			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "LowNodeUtilization")
 			if err != nil {
 				klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 				break
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity.go
index 4a489ddcf..ad8315021 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_affinity.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func RemovePodsViolatingNodeAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Inter
 				for _, pod := range pods {
 					if pod.Spec.Affinity != nil && pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity != nil && pod.Spec.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution != nil {
 						klog.V(1).Infof("Evicting pod: %v", pod.Name)
-						if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node); err != nil {
+						if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "NodeAffinity"); err != nil {
 							klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 							break
 						}
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
index 690e41338..9f78c10f6 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/node_taint.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func RemovePodsViolatingNodeTaints(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interfa
 				func(taint *v1.Taint) bool { return taint.Effect == v1.TaintEffectNoSchedule },
 			) {
 				klog.V(2).Infof("Not all taints with NoSchedule effect are tolerated after update for pod %v on node %v", pods[i].Name, node.Name)
-				if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node); err != nil {
+				if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node, "NodeTaint"); err != nil {
 					klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 					break
 				}
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity.go
index fc43419bd..15c96b36a 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_antiaffinity.go
@@ -40,14 +40,13 @@ func RemovePodsViolatingInterPodAntiAffinity(ctx context.Context, client clients
 		totalPods := len(pods)
 		for i := 0; i < totalPods; i++ {
 			if checkPodsWithAntiAffinityExist(pods[i], pods) {
-				success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node)
+				success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node, "InterPodAntiAffinity")
 				if err != nil {
 					klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 					break
 				}
 
 				if success {
-					klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v\n because of existing anti-affinity", pods[i].Name)
 					// Since the current pod is evicted all other pods which have anti-affinity with this
 					// pod need not be evicted.
 					// Update pods.
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime.go
index b1287abbf..9204b46ba 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/pod_lifetime.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func PodLifeTime(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Interface, strategy api.D
 		klog.V(1).Infof("Processing node: %#v", node.Name)
 		pods := listOldPodsOnNode(ctx, client, node, *strategy.Params.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds, podEvictor)
 		for _, pod := range pods {
-			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node)
+			success, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pod, node, "PodLifeTime")
 			if success {
 				klog.V(1).Infof("Evicted pod: %#v because it was created more than %v seconds ago", pod.Name, *strategy.Params.MaxPodLifeTimeSeconds)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/toomanyrestarts.go b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/toomanyrestarts.go
index 5991e0393..dd359bcc6 100644
--- a/pkg/descheduler/strategies/toomanyrestarts.go
+++ b/pkg/descheduler/strategies/toomanyrestarts.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func RemovePodsHavingTooManyRestarts(ctx context.Context, client clientset.Inter
 			} else if restarts < strategy.Params.PodsHavingTooManyRestarts.PodRestartThreshold {
 				continue
 			}
-			if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node); err != nil {
+			if _, err := podEvictor.EvictPod(ctx, pods[i], node, "TooManyRestarts"); err != nil {
 				klog.Errorf("Error evicting pod: (%#v)", err)
 				break
 			}