diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4c42827c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import Target from './-target';
+
+/**
+ * Logs a debug message to the console if the `testHelperLogging` query
+ * parameter is set.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {string} helperName Name of the helper
+ * @param {string|Element} target The target element or selector
+ */
+export function log(helperName: string, target: Target, ...args: any[]) {
+  if (loggingEnabled()) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(`${helperName}(${[elementToString(target), ...args.filter(Boolean)].join(', ')})`);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns whether the test helper logging is enabled or not via the
+ * `testHelperLogging` query parameter.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @returns {boolean} true if enabled
+ */
+function loggingEnabled(): boolean {
+  return typeof location !== 'undefined' && location.search.indexOf('testHelperLogging') !== -1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This generates a human-readable description to a DOM element.
+ *
+ * @private
+ * @param {*} el The element that should be described
+ * @returns {string} A human-readable description
+ */
+export function elementToString(el: unknown) {
+  let desc: string;
+  if (el instanceof NodeList) {
+    if (el.length === 0) {
+      return 'empty NodeList';
+    }
+    desc = Array.prototype.slice
+      .call(el, 0, 5)
+      .map(elementToString)
+      .join(', ');
+    return el.length > 5 ? `${desc}... (+${el.length - 5} more)` : desc;
+  }
+  if (!(el instanceof HTMLElement || el instanceof SVGElement)) {
+    return String(el);
+  }
+
+  desc = el.tagName.toLowerCase();
+  if (el.id) {
+    desc += `#${el.id}`;
+  }
+  if (el.className && !(el.className instanceof SVGAnimatedString)) {
+    desc += `.${String(el.className).replace(/\s+/g, '.')}`;
+  }
+  Array.prototype.forEach.call(el.attributes, function(attr: Attr) {
+    if (attr.name !== 'class' && attr.name !== 'id') {
+      desc += `[${attr.name}${attr.value ? `="${attr.value}"]` : ']'}`;
+    }
+  });
+  return desc;
+}
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/blur.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/blur.ts
index 8b8ebcaa1..b55be8ee0 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/blur.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/blur.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import settled from '../settled';
 import isFocusable from './-is-focusable';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
   @private
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ export function __blur__(element: HTMLElement | SVGElement): void {
   blur('input');
 */
 export default function blur(target: Target = document.activeElement!): Promise<void> {
+  log('blur', target);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     let element = getElement(target);
     if (!element) {
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/click.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/click.ts
index bf10014d4..be3430a04 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/click.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/click.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import isFocusable from './-is-focusable';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import isFormControl from './-is-form-control';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
   @private
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ export function __click__(element: Element | Document, options: MouseEventInit):
   click('button', { shiftKey: true });
 */
 export default function click(target: Target, options: MouseEventInit = {}): Promise<void> {
+  log('click', target);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `click`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/double-click.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/double-click.ts
index b6a13965c..4aa218ef2 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/double-click.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/double-click.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import settled from '../settled';
 import isFocusable from './-is-focusable';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
   @private
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ export function __doubleClick__(element: Element | Document, options: MouseEvent
   doubleClick('button', { shiftKey: true });
 */
 export default function doubleClick(target: Target, options: MouseEventInit = {}): Promise<void> {
+  log('doubleClick', target);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `doubleClick`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/fill-in.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/fill-in.ts
index 184dda1ea..232ae5c07 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/fill-in.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/fill-in.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import settled from '../settled';
 import fireEvent from './fire-event';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
   Fill the provided text into the `value` property (or set `.innerHTML` when
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ import Target from './-target';
   fillIn('input', 'hello world');
 */
 export default function fillIn(target: Target, text: string): Promise<void> {
+  log('fillIn', target, text);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `fillIn`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/focus.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/focus.ts
index 5758bf7b6..c7fca9564 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/focus.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/focus.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import settled from '../settled';
 import isFocusable from './-is-focusable';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
   @private
@@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ export function __focus__(element: HTMLElement | SVGElement): void {
   focus('input');
 */
 export default function focus(target: Target): Promise<void> {
+  log('focus', target);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `focus`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/tap.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/tap.ts
index 5335a0809..7cf5a7df1 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/tap.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/tap.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { __click__ } from './click';
 import settled from '../settled';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
   Taps on the specified target.
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ import Target from './-target';
   tap('button');
 */
 export default function tap(target: Target, options: object = {}): Promise<void> {
+  log('tap', target);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `tap`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-event.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-event.ts
index 61f58ffe6..b6d3fdeae 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-event.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-event.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import fireEvent from './fire-event';
 import settled from '../settled';
 import { nextTickPromise } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 /**
  * Triggers an event on the specified target.
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ export default function triggerEvent(
   eventType: string,
   options?: object
 ): Promise<void> {
+  log('triggerEvent', target, eventType);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `triggerEvent`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-key-event.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-key-event.ts
index 99695b4f0..dc30796ab 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-key-event.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/trigger-key-event.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import settled from '../settled';
 import { KEYBOARD_EVENT_TYPES, KeyboardEventType, isKeyboardEventType } from './fire-event';
 import { nextTickPromise, isNumeric } from '../-utils';
 import Target from './-target';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 export interface KeyModifiers {
   ctrlKey?: boolean;
@@ -183,6 +184,8 @@ export default function triggerKeyEvent(
   key: number | string,
   modifiers: KeyModifiers = DEFAULT_MODIFIERS
 ): Promise<void> {
+  log('triggerKeyEvent', target, eventType, key);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `triggerKeyEvent`.');
diff --git a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts
index de7354264..9d7e0002b 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts
+++ b/addon-test-support/@ember/test-helpers/dom/type-in.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Promise } from 'rsvp';
 import fireEvent from './fire-event';
 import Target from './-target';
 import { __triggerKeyEvent__ } from './trigger-key-event';
+import { log } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
 
 export interface Options {
   delay?: number;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export interface Options {
  * typeIn('hello world');
  */
 export default function typeIn(target: Target, text: string, options: Options = {}): Promise<void> {
+  log('typeIn', target, text);
+
   return nextTickPromise().then(() => {
     if (!target) {
       throw new Error('Must pass an element or selector to `typeIn`.');
diff --git a/tests/unit/dom/logging-test.js b/tests/unit/dom/logging-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14b434136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/dom/logging-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import {
+  render,
+  settled,
+  setupContext,
+  setupRenderingContext,
+  teardownContext,
+  teardownRenderingContext,
+} from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import hasEmberVersion from '@ember/test-helpers/has-ember-version';
+import { elementToString } from '@ember/test-helpers/dom/-logging';
+import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
+
+module('elementToString()', function(hooks) {
+  if (!hasEmberVersion(2, 4)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  hooks.beforeEach(async function() {
+    await setupContext(this);
+    await setupRenderingContext(this);
+  });
+
+  hooks.afterEach(async function() {
+    await settled();
+    await teardownRenderingContext(this);
+    await teardownContext(this);
+  });
+
+  module('NodeLists', function() {
+    test('empty NodeList', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs``);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelectorAll('h1')), 'empty NodeList');
+    });
+
+    test('with single element', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<h1></h1>`);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelectorAll('h1')), 'h1');
+    });
+
+    test('with three elements', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<h1></h1><h1></h1><h1 class="foo"></h1>`);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelectorAll('h1')), 'h1, h1, h1.foo');
+    });
+
+    test('with five elements', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<h1></h1><h1></h1><h1 class="foo"></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1>`);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelectorAll('h1')), 'h1, h1, h1.foo, h1, h1');
+    });
+
+    test('with six elements', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<h1></h1><h1></h1><h1 class="foo"></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1>`);
+      assert.equal(
+        elementToString(this.element.querySelectorAll('h1')),
+        'h1, h1, h1.foo, h1, h1... (+1 more)'
+      );
+    });
+
+    test('with ten elements', async function(assert) {
+      await render(
+        hbs`<h1></h1><h1></h1><h1 class="foo"></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1><h1></h1>`
+      );
+      assert.equal(
+        elementToString(this.element.querySelectorAll('h1')),
+        'h1, h1, h1.foo, h1, h1... (+5 more)'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('strings', async function(assert) {
+    assert.equal(elementToString('h1'), 'h1');
+    assert.equal(elementToString('[data-test-foo]'), '[data-test-foo]');
+  });
+
+  module('HTMLElements', function() {
+    test('IDs', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<div id="map"></div>`);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelector('div')), 'div#map');
+    });
+
+    test('CSS classes', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<div class="foo bar"></div>`);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelector('div')), 'div.foo.bar');
+    });
+
+    test('attributes', async function(assert) {
+      await render(hbs`<input type="password">`);
+      assert.equal(elementToString(this.element.querySelector('input')), 'input[type="password"]');
+
+      await render(hbs`<input data-test-username>`);
+      assert.equal(
+        elementToString(this.element.querySelector('input')),
+        'input[data-test-username]'
+      );
+    });
+  });
+});