diff --git a/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php b/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php
--- a/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php
+++ b/scripts/daemon/launch_daemon.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
+declare(ticks = 1);
+
 $root = dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
 require_once $root.'/scripts/__init_script__.php';
 $overseer = new PhutilDaemonOverseer($argv);
diff --git a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php
--- a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php
+++ b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonHandle.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
   private $heartbeat;
   private $stdoutBuffer;
   private $restartAt;
-  private $silent;
   private $shouldRestart = true;
   private $shouldShutdown;
   private $future;
@@ -57,15 +56,6 @@
     return $this->future;
   }
 
-  public function setSilent($silent) {
-    $this->silent = $silent;
-    return $this;
-  }
-
-  public function getSilent() {
-    return $this->silent;
-  }
-
   public function setTraceMemory($trace_memory) {
     $this->traceMemory = $trace_memory;
     return $this;
@@ -402,10 +392,7 @@
   }
 
   private function logMessage($type, $message, $context = null) {
-    if (!$this->getSilent()) {
-      echo date('Y-m-d g:i:s A').' ['.$type.'] '.$message."\n";
-    }
-
+    $this->overseer->logMessage($type, $message, $context);
     $this->dispatchEvent(
       self::EVENT_DID_LOG,
       array(
diff --git a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonOverseer.php b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonOverseer.php
--- a/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonOverseer.php
+++ b/src/daemon/PhutilDaemonOverseer.php
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@
 
     $this->modules = PhutilDaemonOverseerModule::getAllModules();
 
-    declare(ticks = 1);
     pcntl_signal(SIGUSR2, array($this, 'didReceiveNotifySignal'));
 
     pcntl_signal(SIGHUP,  array($this, 'didReceiveReloadSignal'));
@@ -181,7 +180,6 @@
           'autoscale' => $config['autoscale'],
         ));
 
-      $daemon->setSilent((!$this->traceMode && !$this->verbose));
       $daemon->setTraceMemory($this->traceMemory);
 
       $this->addDaemon($daemon, $config);
@@ -193,12 +191,18 @@
       foreach ($this->modules as $module) {
         try {
           if ($module->shouldReloadDaemons()) {
+            $this->logMessage(
+              'RELO',
+              pht(
+                'Reloading daemons (triggered by overseer module "%s").',
+                get_class($module)));
             $should_reload = true;
           }
         } catch (Exception $ex) {
           phlog($ex);
         }
       }
+
       if ($should_reload) {
         $this->didReceiveReloadSignal(SIGHUP);
         $should_reload = false;
@@ -503,4 +507,10 @@
     }
   }
 
+  public function logMessage($type, $message, $context = null) {
+    if ($this->traceMode || $this->verbose) {
+      error_log(date('Y-m-d g:i:s A').' ['.$type.'] '.$message);
+    }
+  }
+
 }