diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index fe2d437..9813e99 100644
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@
 				{
 					throw new RuntimeException($app_path."Model.php exists, but doesn't declare class CI_Model");
 				}
+
+				log_message('info', 'CI_Model class loaded');
 			}
 			elseif ( ! class_exists('CI_Model', FALSE))
 			{
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@
 				{
 					throw new RuntimeException($app_path.$class.".php exists, but doesn't declare class ".$class);
 				}
+
+				log_message('info', config_item('subclass_prefix').'Model class loaded');
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -350,7 +354,9 @@
 		}
 
 		$this->_ci_models[] = $name;
-		$CI->$name = new $model();
+		$model = new $model();
+		$CI->$name = $model;
+		log_message('info', 'Model "'.get_class($model).'" initialized');
 		return $this;
 	}
 
diff --git a/system/core/Model.php b/system/core/Model.php
index c809e7b..691053a 100644
--- a/system/core/Model.php
+++ b/system/core/Model.php
@@ -49,18 +49,6 @@
 class CI_Model {
 
 	/**
-	 * Class constructor
-	 *
-	 * @return	void
-	 */
-	public function __construct()
-	{
-		log_message('info', 'Model Class Initialized');
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
 	 * __get magic
 	 *
 	 * Allows models to access CI's loaded classes using the same
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 1641f7c..1c35d90 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
    -  Updated :doc:`Form Validation Library <libraries/form_validation>` rule ``valid_email`` to use ``INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46`` for non-ASCII domain names.
    -  Updated :doc:`Email Library <libraries/email>` to use ``INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46`` for non-ASCII domain names.
+   -  Updated :doc:`Loader Library <libraries/loader>` method ``model()`` to log both ``CI_Model`` class loading and individual models' initialization.
    -  Deprecated usage of :doc:`CAPTCHA Helper <helpers/captcha_helper>` function :php:func:`create_captcha()` with parameters other than ``$data``.
 
 Bug fixes for 3.1.7