diff --git a/gdb/build-id.c b/gdb/build-id.c
index fe0494a..8ce94f1 100644
--- a/gdb/build-id.c
+++ b/gdb/build-id.c
@@ -81,11 +81,7 @@ static gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
 build_id_to_debug_bfd_1 (const std::string &link, size_t build_id_len,
 			 const bfd_byte *build_id)
 {
-  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-    {
-      gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _("  Trying %s..."), link.c_str ());
-      gdb_flush (gdb_stdlog);
-    }
+  separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("Trying %s...", link.c_str ());
 
   /* lrealpath() is expensive even for the usually non-existent files.  */
   gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> filename_holder;
@@ -100,10 +96,7 @@ build_id_to_debug_bfd_1 (const std::string &link, size_t build_id_len,
 
   if (filename == NULL)
     {
-      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog,
-		    _(" no, unable to compute real path\n"));
-
+      separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("unable to compute real path");
       return {};
     }
 
@@ -112,23 +105,17 @@ build_id_to_debug_bfd_1 (const std::string &link, size_t build_id_len,
 
   if (debug_bfd == NULL)
     {
-      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _(" no, unable to open.\n"));
-
+      separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("unable to open.");
       return {};
     }
 
   if (!build_id_verify (debug_bfd.get(), build_id_len, build_id))
     {
-      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _(" no, build-id does not match.\n"));
-
+      separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("build-id does not match.");
       return {};
     }
 
-  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-    gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _(" yes!\n"));
-
+  separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("found a match");
   return debug_bfd;
 }
 
@@ -140,6 +127,8 @@ static gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
 build_id_to_bfd_suffix (size_t build_id_len, const bfd_byte *build_id,
 			const char *suffix)
 {
+  SEPARATE_DEBUG_FILE_SCOPED_DEBUG_ENTER_EXIT;
+
   /* Keep backward compatibility so that DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY being "" will
      cause "/.build-id/..." lookups.  */
 
@@ -223,10 +212,9 @@ find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (struct objfile *objfile,
   build_id = build_id_bfd_get (objfile->obfd.get ());
   if (build_id != NULL)
     {
-      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog,
-		    _("\nLooking for separate debug info (build-id) for "
-		      "%s\n"), objfile_name (objfile));
+      SEPARATE_DEBUG_FILE_SCOPED_DEBUG_START_END
+	("looking for separate debug info (build-id) for %s",
+	 objfile_name (objfile));
 
       gdb_bfd_ref_ptr abfd (build_id_to_debug_bfd (build_id->size,
 						   build_id->data));
@@ -235,9 +223,9 @@ find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (struct objfile *objfile,
 	  && filename_cmp (bfd_get_filename (abfd.get ()),
 			   objfile_name (objfile)) == 0)
 	{
-	  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	    gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "\"%s\": separate debug info file has no "
-			"debug info", bfd_get_filename (abfd.get ()));
+	  separate_debug_file_debug_printf
+	    ("\"%s\": separate debug info file has no debug info",
+	     bfd_get_filename (abfd.get ()));
 	  warnings->warn (_("\"%ps\": separate debug info file has no "
 			    "debug info"),
 			  styled_string (file_name_style.style (),
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c
index 6d0cba4..5a03def 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.c
+++ b/gdb/symfile.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,8 @@ separate_debug_file_exists (const std::string &name, unsigned long crc,
 			    struct objfile *parent_objfile,
 			    deferred_warnings *warnings)
 {
+  SEPARATE_DEBUG_FILE_SCOPED_DEBUG_ENTER_EXIT;
+
   unsigned long file_crc;
   int file_crc_p;
   struct stat parent_stat, abfd_stat;
@@ -1243,19 +1245,13 @@ separate_debug_file_exists (const std::string &name, unsigned long crc,
   if (filename_cmp (name.c_str (), objfile_name (parent_objfile)) == 0)
     return 0;
 
-  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-    {
-      gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _("  Trying %s..."), name.c_str ());
-      gdb_flush (gdb_stdlog);
-    }
+  separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("Trying %s...", name.c_str ());
 
   gdb_bfd_ref_ptr abfd (gdb_bfd_open (name.c_str (), gnutarget));
 
   if (abfd == NULL)
     {
-      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _(" no, unable to open.\n"));
-
+      separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("unable to open file");
       return 0;
     }
 
@@ -1277,10 +1273,7 @@ separate_debug_file_exists (const std::string &name, unsigned long crc,
       if (abfd_stat.st_dev == parent_stat.st_dev
 	  && abfd_stat.st_ino == parent_stat.st_ino)
 	{
-	  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	    gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog,
-			_(" no, same file as the objfile.\n"));
-
+	  separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("same file as the objfile");
 	  return 0;
 	}
       verified_as_different = 1;
@@ -1292,9 +1285,7 @@ separate_debug_file_exists (const std::string &name, unsigned long crc,
 
   if (!file_crc_p)
     {
-      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _(" no, error computing CRC.\n"));
-
+      separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("error computing CRC");
       return 0;
     }
 
@@ -1310,20 +1301,18 @@ separate_debug_file_exists (const std::string &name, unsigned long crc,
 	{
 	  if (!gdb_bfd_crc (parent_objfile->obfd.get (), &parent_crc))
 	    {
-	      if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-		gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog,
-			    _(" no, error computing CRC.\n"));
-
+	      separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("error computing CRC");
 	      return 0;
 	    }
 	}
 
       if (verified_as_different || parent_crc != file_crc)
 	{
-	  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-	    gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "the debug information found in \"%s\""
-			" does not match \"%s\" (CRC mismatch).\n",
-			name.c_str (), objfile_name (parent_objfile));
+	  separate_debug_file_debug_printf
+	    ("the debug information found in \"%s\" does not match "
+	     "\"%s\" (CRC mismatch).", name.c_str (),
+	     objfile_name (parent_objfile));
+
 	  warnings->warn (_("the debug information found in \"%ps\""
 			    " does not match \"%ps\" (CRC mismatch)."),
 			  styled_string (file_name_style.style (),
@@ -1335,8 +1324,7 @@ separate_debug_file_exists (const std::string &name, unsigned long crc,
       return 0;
     }
 
-  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-    gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, _(" yes!\n"));
+  separate_debug_file_debug_printf ("found a match");
 
   return 1;
 }
@@ -1377,10 +1365,9 @@ find_separate_debug_file (const char *dir,
 			  unsigned long crc32, struct objfile *objfile,
 			  deferred_warnings *warnings)
 {
-  if (separate_debug_file_debug)
-    gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog,
-		_("\nLooking for separate debug info (debug link) for "
-		  "%s\n"), objfile_name (objfile));
+  SEPARATE_DEBUG_FILE_SCOPED_DEBUG_START_END
+    ("looking for separate debug info (debug link) for %s",
+     objfile_name (objfile));
 
   /* First try in the same directory as the original file.  */
   std::string debugfile = dir;
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.h b/gdb/symfile.h
index a5b0c91..508ba48 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.h
+++ b/gdb/symfile.h
@@ -371,6 +371,25 @@ extern gdb_bfd_ref_ptr find_separate_debug_file_in_section (struct objfile *);
 
 extern bool separate_debug_file_debug;
 
+/* Print a "separate-debug-file" debug statement.  */
+
+#define separate_debug_file_debug_printf(fmt, ...)		\
+  debug_prefixed_printf_cond (separate_debug_file_debug,	\
+			      "separate-debug-file",		\
+			      fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Print "separate-debug-file" enter/exit debug statements.  */
+
+#define SEPARATE_DEBUG_FILE_SCOPED_DEBUG_ENTER_EXIT \
+  scoped_debug_enter_exit (separate_debug_file_debug,	\
+			   "separate-debug-file")
+
+/* Print "separate-debug-file" start/end debug statements.  */
+
+#define SEPARATE_DEBUG_FILE_SCOPED_DEBUG_START_END(fmt, ...) \
+  scoped_debug_start_end (separate_debug_file_debug,	     \
+			  "separate-debug-file", fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
 /* Read full symbols immediately.  */
 
 extern int readnow_symbol_files;