diff --git a/src/backend/replication/slot.c b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
index caa6b297560..ed4c8b3ad55 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/slot.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/slot.c
@@ -702,8 +702,13 @@ ReplicationSlotDropPtr(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 	slot->active_pid = 0;
 	slot->in_use = false;
 	LWLockRelease(ReplicationSlotControlLock);
+
+	elog(DEBUG3, "replication slot drop: %s: marked as not in use", NameStr(slot->data.name));
+
 	ConditionVariableBroadcast(&slot->active_cv);
 
+	elog(DEBUG3, "replication slot drop: %s: notified others", NameStr(slot->data.name));
+
 	/*
 	 * Slot is dead and doesn't prevent resource removal anymore, recompute
 	 * limits.
@@ -711,6 +716,8 @@ ReplicationSlotDropPtr(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 	ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredXmin(false);
 	ReplicationSlotsComputeRequiredLSN();
 
+	elog(DEBUG3, "replication slot drop: %s: computed required", NameStr(slot->data.name));
+
 	/*
 	 * If removing the directory fails, the worst thing that will happen is
 	 * that the user won't be able to create a new slot with the same name
@@ -720,6 +727,8 @@ ReplicationSlotDropPtr(ReplicationSlot *slot)
 		ereport(WARNING,
 				(errmsg("could not remove directory \"%s\"", tmppath)));
 
+	elog(DEBUG3, "replication slot drop: %s: removed directory", NameStr(slot->data.name));
+
 	/*
 	 * Send a message to drop the replication slot to the stats collector.
 	 * Since there is no guarantee of the order of message transfer on a UDP
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/019_replslot_limit.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/019_replslot_limit.pl
index 77bb401bc5f..5654f3b5455 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/019_replslot_limit.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/019_replslot_limit.pl
@@ -339,8 +339,8 @@ my $senderpid;
 # We've seen occasional cases where multiple walsender pids are active. It
 # could be that we're just observing process shutdown being slow. To collect
 # more information, retry a couple times, print a bit of debugging information
-# each iteration. For now report a test failure even if later iterations
-# succeed.
+# each iteration. Don't fail the test if retries find just one pid, the
+# buildfarm failures are too noisy.
 my $i = 0;
 while (1)
 {
@@ -349,7 +349,9 @@ while (1)
 	$senderpid = $node_primary3->safe_psql('postgres',
 	    "SELECT pid FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE backend_type = 'walsender'");
 
-	last if like($senderpid, qr/^[0-9]+$/, "have walsender pid $senderpid");
+	last if $senderpid =~ qr/^[0-9]+$/;
+
+	diag "multiple walsenders active in iteration $i";
 
 	# show information about all active connections
 	$node_primary3->psql('postgres',
@@ -370,6 +372,8 @@ while (1)
 	usleep(100_000);
 }
 
+like($senderpid, qr/^[0-9]+$/, "have walsender pid $senderpid");
+
 my $receiverpid = $node_standby3->safe_psql('postgres',
 	"SELECT pid FROM pg_stat_activity WHERE backend_type = 'walreceiver'");
 like($receiverpid, qr/^[0-9]+$/, "have walreceiver pid $receiverpid");