diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c38cf7c12e..dd788f6e01 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 * [CHANGE] Index Cache: Multi level cache backfilling operation becomes async. Added `-blocks-storage.bucket-store.index-cache.multilevel.max-async-concurrency` and `-blocks-storage.bucket-store.index-cache.multilevel.max-async-buffer-size` configs and metric `cortex_store_multilevel_index_cache_backfill_dropped_items_total` for number of dropped items. #5661
 * [FEATURE] Ingester: Add per-tenant new metric `cortex_ingester_tsdb_data_replay_duration_seconds`. #5477
 * [ENHANCEMENT] Store Gateway: Added `-store-gateway.enabled-tenants` and `-store-gateway.disabled-tenants` to explicitly enable or disable store-gateway for specific tenants. #5638
-* [ENHANCEMENT] Compactor: Add compactor start and stop duration in seconds metrics. #5683
+* [ENHANCEMENT] Compactor: Add new compactor metric `cortex_compactor_start_duration_seconds`. #5683
 
 ## 1.16.0 2023-11-20
 
diff --git a/pkg/compactor/compactor.go b/pkg/compactor/compactor.go
index 19f34aeccd..06f242103a 100644
--- a/pkg/compactor/compactor.go
+++ b/pkg/compactor/compactor.go
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ type Compactor struct {
 
 	// Metrics.
 	CompactorStartDurationSeconds  prometheus.Gauge
-	CompactorStopDurationSeconds   prometheus.Gauge
 	compactionRunsStarted          prometheus.Counter
 	compactionRunsInterrupted      prometheus.Counter
 	compactionRunsCompleted        prometheus.Counter
@@ -409,10 +408,6 @@ func newCompactor(
 			Name: "cortex_compactor_start_duration_seconds",
 			Help: "Time in seconds spent by compactor running start function",
 		}),
-		CompactorStopDurationSeconds: promauto.With(registerer).NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
-			Name: "cortex_compactor_stop_duration_seconds",
-			Help: "Time in seconds spent by compactor running stop function",
-		}),
 		compactionRunsStarted: promauto.With(registerer).NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Name: "cortex_compactor_runs_started_total",
 			Help: "Total number of compaction runs started.",
@@ -498,6 +493,7 @@ func (c *Compactor) starting(ctx context.Context) error {
 	begin := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
 		c.CompactorStartDurationSeconds.Set(time.Since(begin).Seconds())
+		level.Info(c.logger).Log("msg", "compactor started", "duration", time.Since(begin), "duration_ms", time.Since(begin).Milliseconds())
 	}()
 
 	var err error
@@ -598,7 +594,7 @@ func (c *Compactor) starting(ctx context.Context) error {
 func (c *Compactor) stopping(_ error) error {
 	begin := time.Now()
 	defer func() {
-		c.CompactorStopDurationSeconds.Set(time.Since(begin).Seconds())
+		level.Info(c.logger).Log("msg", "compactor stopped", "duration", time.Since(begin), "duration_ms", time.Since(begin).Milliseconds())
 	}()
 
 	ctx := context.Background()