diff --git a/src/backup.c b/src/backup.c
index be5db7a4..d0471590 100644
--- a/src/backup.c
+++ b/src/backup.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ do_backup_instance(void)
  * Entry point of pg_probackup BACKUP subcommand.
  */
 int
-do_backup(void)
+do_backup(time_t start_time)
 {
 	bool is_ptrack_support;
 
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ do_backup(void)
 
 	/* Start backup. Update backup status. */
 	current.status = BACKUP_STATUS_RUNNING;
-	current.start_time = time(NULL);
+	current.start_time = start_time;
 
 	/* Create backup directory and BACKUP_CONTROL_FILE */
 	if (pgBackupCreateDir(&current))
diff --git a/src/catalog.c b/src/catalog.c
index 43d78f6a..a5bc8ff0 100644
--- a/src/catalog.c
+++ b/src/catalog.c
@@ -602,6 +602,24 @@ parse_backup_mode(const char *value)
 	return BACKUP_MODE_INVALID;
 }
 
+const char *
+deparse_backup_mode(BackupMode mode)
+{
+	switch (mode)
+	{
+		case BACKUP_MODE_FULL:
+			return "full";
+		case BACKUP_MODE_DIFF_PAGE:
+			return "page";
+		case BACKUP_MODE_DIFF_PTRACK:
+			return "ptrack";
+		case BACKUP_MODE_INVALID:
+			return "invalid";
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /* free pgBackup object */
 void
 pgBackupFree(void *backup)
diff --git a/src/pg_probackup.c b/src/pg_probackup.c
index 3a5cd047..4b7d837e 100644
--- a/src/pg_probackup.c
+++ b/src/pg_probackup.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ static pgut_option options[] =
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+	char	   *command;
 	char		path[MAXPGPATH];
 	/* Check if backup_path is directory. */
 	struct stat stat_buf;
@@ -235,6 +236,33 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			elog(ERROR, "Unknown subcommand");
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Make command string before getopt_long() will call. It permutes the
+	 * content of argv.
+	 */
+	if (backup_subcmd == BACKUP)
+	{
+		int			i,
+					len = 0;
+
+		command = (char *) palloc(sizeof(char) * MAXPGPATH);
+		command[0] = '\0';
+
+		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		{
+			int			arglen = strlen(argv[i]);
+
+			if (arglen + len > MAXPGPATH)
+				break;
+
+			strncpy((command +len), argv[i], arglen);
+			len += arglen;
+			command[len++] = ' ';
+		}
+
+		command[len] = '\0';
+	}
+
 	/* Parse command line arguments */
 	pgut_getopt(argc, argv, options);
 
@@ -382,7 +410,23 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case INIT:
 			return do_init();
 		case BACKUP:
-			return do_backup();
+			{
+				char	   *backup_id;
+				const char *backup_mode;
+				time_t		start_time;
+
+				start_time = time(NULL);
+				backup_id = base36enc(start_time);
+				backup_mode = deparse_backup_mode(current.backup_mode);
+
+				elog_file(INFO, "pg_probackup version: %s, backup ID: %s, backup mode: %s, instance: %s",
+						  PROGRAM_VERSION, backup_id, backup_mode, instance_name);
+				elog_file(INFO, "command: %s", command);
+
+				pfree(backup_id);
+
+				return do_backup(start_time);
+			}
 		case RESTORE:
 			return do_restore_or_validate(current.backup_id,
 						  target_time, target_xid,
diff --git a/src/pg_probackup.h b/src/pg_probackup.h
index 8f0dd345..7c41df86 100644
--- a/src/pg_probackup.h
+++ b/src/pg_probackup.h
@@ -313,8 +313,9 @@ extern ProbackupSubcmd	backup_subcmd;
 extern const char *pgdata_exclude_dir[];
 
 /* in backup.c */
-extern int do_backup(void);
+extern int do_backup(time_t start_time);
 extern BackupMode parse_backup_mode(const char *value);
+extern const char *deparse_backup_mode(BackupMode mode);
 extern bool fileExists(const char *path);
 extern void process_block_change(ForkNumber forknum, RelFileNode rnode,
 								 BlockNumber blkno);
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.c b/src/utils/logger.c
index d56e6bcd..75de8583 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.c
+++ b/src/utils/logger.c
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ typedef enum
 
 void pg_log(eLogType type, const char *fmt,...) pg_attribute_printf(2, 3);
 
-static void elog_internal(int elevel, const char *fmt, va_list args)
-						  pg_attribute_printf(2, 0);
+static void elog_internal(int elevel, bool file_only, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+						  pg_attribute_printf(3, 0);
 
 /* Functions to work with log files */
 static void open_logfile(FILE **file, const char *filename_format);
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ write_elevel(FILE *stream, int elevel)
  * Actual implementation for elog() and pg_log().
  */
 static void
-elog_internal(int elevel, const char *fmt, va_list args)
+elog_internal(int elevel, bool file_only, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 {
 	bool		write_to_file,
 				write_to_error_log,
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ elog_internal(int elevel, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 	write_to_file = !logging_to_file && elevel >= LOG_LEVEL_FILE;
 	write_to_error_log = !logging_to_file &&
 		elevel >= ERROR && error_log_filename;
-	write_to_stderr = elevel >= LOG_LEVEL_CONSOLE;
+	write_to_stderr = elevel >= LOG_LEVEL_CONSOLE && !file_only;
 
 	/*
 	 * There is no need to lock if this is elog() from upper elog() and
@@ -251,7 +251,27 @@ elog(int elevel, const char *fmt, ...)
 		return;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	elog_internal(elevel, fmt, args);
+	elog_internal(elevel, false, fmt, args);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Logs only to log file and exit if ERROR or FATAL.
+ */
+void
+elog_file(int elevel, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list		args;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do not log message if severity level is less than log_level.
+	 * It is the little optimisation to put it here not in elog_internal().
+	 */
+	if (elevel < LOG_LEVEL_FILE && elevel < ERROR)
+		return;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	elog_internal(elevel, true, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
@@ -292,7 +312,7 @@ pg_log(eLogType type, const char *fmt, ...)
 		return;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	elog_internal(elevel, fmt, args);
+	elog_internal(elevel, false, fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.h b/src/utils/logger.h
index dd71f439..315c337a 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.h
+++ b/src/utils/logger.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ extern int			log_rotation_age;
 
 #undef elog
 extern void elog(int elevel, const char *fmt, ...) pg_attribute_printf(2, 3);
+extern void elog_file(int elevel, const char *fmt, ...) pg_attribute_printf(2, 3);
 
 extern void init_logger(const char *root_path);