diff --git a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/config/ServerConfigDocument.java b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/config/ServerConfigDocument.java
index 2ae4372f3..4450f8ed1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/config/ServerConfigDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/plugins/config/ServerConfigDocument.java
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ private String resolveExpansionProperties(Properties props, String value, String
         Pattern pattern = OSUtil.isWindows() ? WINDOWS_EXPANSION_VAR_PATTERN : LINUX_EXPANSION_VAR_PATTERN;
         Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(value);
         StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        List<String> matchedVarNames = new ArrayList<>();
         while (matcher.find()) {
             String finalReplacement;
             String varName = matcher.group(1);
@@ -381,10 +382,15 @@ private String resolveExpansionProperties(Properties props, String value, String
                 finalReplacement = matcher.group(0); // Keep original
             }
             matcher.appendReplacement(sb, Matcher.quoteReplacement(finalReplacement));
-            log.info(String.format("Resolving Property %s for expression %s. Resolved expression value is %s", varName , value , sb));
+            matchedVarNames.add(varName);
         }
         // 4. Finalize the string
         matcher.appendTail(sb);
+        
+        // Log after appendTail so sb holds the complete resolved value
+        for (String varName : matchedVarNames) {
+            log.info(String.format("Resolved environment variable \"%s\" in path \"%s\" to \"%s\"", varName, value, sb));
+        }
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/config/ExpansionVariableLogMessageTest.java b/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/config/ExpansionVariableLogMessageTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70db1c590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/openliberty/tools/common/config/ExpansionVariableLogMessageTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/**
+ * (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 2026.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.openliberty.tools.common.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
+
+import io.openliberty.tools.common.TestLogger;
+import io.openliberty.tools.common.plugins.config.ServerConfigDocument;
+import io.openliberty.tools.common.plugins.util.OSUtil;
+import io.openliberty.tools.common.plugins.util.ServerFeatureUtil;
+
+// Verifies the log message format produced by resolveExpansionProperties() after the fix for issue #2076
+public class ExpansionVariableLogMessageTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public TemporaryFolder tmp = new TemporaryFolder();
+
+    // Captures info() calls for assertion; all other methods delegate to TestLogger
+    private static class CapturingLogger extends TestLogger {
+        final List<String> infoMessages = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        @Override
+        public void info(String msg) { infoMessages.add(msg); }
+    }
+
+    // server.env is placed in serverDir because SERVER_CONFIG_DIR maps there, making it visible to processServerEnv()
+    private ServerConfigDocument buildDoc(CapturingLogger log, File serverDir, String serverEnvContent) throws Exception {
+        Files.write(new File(serverDir, "server.env").toPath(), serverEnvContent.getBytes());
+
+        Map<String, File> dirMap = new HashMap<>();
+        dirMap.put(ServerFeatureUtil.WLP_INSTALL_DIR, serverDir);
+        dirMap.put(ServerFeatureUtil.WLP_USER_DIR, serverDir);
+        dirMap.put(ServerFeatureUtil.SERVER_CONFIG_DIR, serverDir);
+        dirMap.put(ServerFeatureUtil.SERVER_OUTPUT_DIR, serverDir);
+        return new ServerConfigDocument(log, null, dirMap);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnixStyleLogMessageFormat() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeFalse("Skipped on Windows: Unix ${VAR} pattern not active", OSUtil.isWindows());
+
+        CapturingLogger log = new CapturingLogger();
+        File serverDir = tmp.newFolder("server-unix");
+
+        String envContent = "BASE=TEST\nDERIVED=${BASE}_SUFFIX\n";
+        buildDoc(log, serverDir, envContent).processServerEnv();
+
+        String expectedMsg = "Resolved environment variable \"BASE\" in path \"${BASE}_SUFFIX\" to \"TEST_SUFFIX\"";
+        assertTrue("Expected log message not found.\nActual info messages: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.equals(expectedMsg)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUnixStyleMultipleVarsLogsBothVarNames() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeFalse("Skipped on Windows: Unix ${VAR} pattern not active", OSUtil.isWindows());
+
+        CapturingLogger log = new CapturingLogger();
+        File serverDir = tmp.newFolder("server-unix-multi");
+
+        String envContent = "EXP_VAR=TEST\nEXP_VAR2=UNIX\nCOMBINED=${EXP_VAR}_${EXP_VAR2}\n";
+        buildDoc(log, serverDir, envContent).processServerEnv();
+
+        String expectedMsg1 = "Resolved environment variable \"EXP_VAR\" in path \"${EXP_VAR}_${EXP_VAR2}\" to \"TEST_UNIX\"";
+        String expectedMsg2 = "Resolved environment variable \"EXP_VAR2\" in path \"${EXP_VAR}_${EXP_VAR2}\" to \"TEST_UNIX\"";
+        assertTrue("Expected first log message not found.\nActual: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.equals(expectedMsg1)));
+        assertTrue("Expected second log message not found.\nActual: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.equals(expectedMsg2)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoExpansionReferenceNoLogEmitted() throws Exception {
+        CapturingLogger log = new CapturingLogger();
+        File serverDir = tmp.newFolder("server-no-expansion");
+
+        String envContent = "PLAIN_VAR=just_a_value\n";
+        buildDoc(log, serverDir, envContent).processServerEnv();
+
+        assertTrue("No info log message should be emitted for plain values, but found: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWindowsStyleBackslashesPreservedInLog() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Skipped on non-Windows: !VAR! pattern only active on Windows", OSUtil.isWindows());
+
+        CapturingLogger log = new CapturingLogger();
+        File serverDir = tmp.newFolder("server-win");
+
+        // Reproduces the exact scenario from issue #2076
+        String envContent = "IBM_JAVA_SEMERU_HOME=C:\\MyData\\java\\ibm-semeru-certified\nJAVA_HOME=!IBM_JAVA_SEMERU_HOME!\\jdk-21.0.10+7\n";
+        buildDoc(log, serverDir, envContent).processServerEnv();
+
+        String expectedMsg = "Resolved environment variable \"IBM_JAVA_SEMERU_HOME\" in path \"!IBM_JAVA_SEMERU_HOME!\\jdk-21.0.10+7\" to \"C:\\MyData\\java\\ibm-semeru-certified\\jdk-21.0.10+7\"";
+        assertTrue("Log message with backslashes not found — backslashes may have been dropped.\nActual: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.equals(expectedMsg)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWindowsStyleMultipleVarsLogsBothVarNames() throws Exception {
+        Assume.assumeTrue("Skipped on non-Windows: !VAR! pattern only active on Windows", OSUtil.isWindows());
+
+        CapturingLogger log = new CapturingLogger();
+        File serverDir = tmp.newFolder("server-win-multi");
+
+        String envContent = "EXP_VAR=TEST\nEXP_VAR3=WINDOWS\nCOMBINED=!EXP_VAR!_!EXP_VAR3!\n";
+        buildDoc(log, serverDir, envContent).processServerEnv();
+
+        String expectedMsg1 = "Resolved environment variable \"EXP_VAR\" in path \"!EXP_VAR!_!EXP_VAR3!\" to \"TEST_WINDOWS\"";
+        String expectedMsg2 = "Resolved environment variable \"EXP_VAR3\" in path \"!EXP_VAR!_!EXP_VAR3!\" to \"TEST_WINDOWS\"";
+        assertTrue("Expected first log message not found.\nActual: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.equals(expectedMsg1)));
+        assertTrue("Expected second log message not found.\nActual: " + log.infoMessages,
+                log.infoMessages.stream().anyMatch(m -> m.equals(expectedMsg2)));
+    }
+}