diff --git a/page-widget.c b/page-widget.c
index 2c50ed7..0e8bbdd 100644
--- a/page-widget.c
+++ b/page-widget.c
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@ zathura_page_widget_purge_unused(ZathuraPage* widget, gint64 threshold)
 
   const gint64 now =  g_get_real_time();
   if (now - priv->last_view >= threshold * G_USEC_PER_SEC) {
+    girara_debug("purge page %d from cache (unseen for %f seconds)", zathura_page_get_index(priv->page), ((double)now - priv->last_view) / G_USEC_PER_SEC);
     zathura_page_widget_update_surface(widget, NULL);
   }
 }
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index fcfc72a..2e464ba 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ render_job(void* data, void* user_data)
     return;
   }
 
-  girara_debug("rendring page %d ...", zathura_page_get_index(page));
+  girara_debug("rendering page %d ...", zathura_page_get_index(page));
   if (render(zathura, page) != true) {
     girara_error("Rendering failed (page %d)\n", zathura_page_get_index(page));
   }
diff --git a/zathura.c b/zathura.c
index fd5acf0..06d7278 100644
--- a/zathura.c
+++ b/zathura.c
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ gboolean purge_pages(gpointer data)
     return TRUE;
   }
 
+  girara_debug("purging pages ...");
   unsigned int number_of_pages = zathura_document_get_number_of_pages(zathura->document);
   for (unsigned int page_id = 0; page_id < number_of_pages; page_id++) {
     zathura_page_t* page   = zathura_document_get_page(zathura->document, page_id);