diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instances.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instances.py
index 2184c2946b8ef..016f5222c79d8 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instances.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/execution_api/routes/task_instances.py
@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ def ti_update_state(
     Not all state transitions are valid, and transitioning to some states requires extra information to be
     passed along. (Check out the datamodels for details, the rendered docs might not reflect this accurately)
     """
+    updated_state: str = ""
+
     # We only use UUID above for validation purposes
     ti_id_str = str(task_instance_id)
 
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ def ti_update_state(
         if ti_patch_payload.state == State.FAILED:
             # clear the next_method and next_kwargs
             query = query.values(next_method=None, next_kwargs=None)
+            updated_state = State.FAILED
     elif isinstance(ti_patch_payload, TIDeferredStatePayload):
         # Calculate timeout if it was passed
         timeout = None
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ def ti_update_state(
             next_kwargs=ti_patch_payload.trigger_kwargs,
             trigger_timeout=timeout,
         )
+        updated_state = State.DEFERRED
     elif isinstance(ti_patch_payload, TIRescheduleStatePayload):
         task_instance = session.get(TI, ti_id_str)
         actual_start_date = timezone.utcnow()
@@ -252,11 +256,12 @@ def ti_update_state(
         query = TI.duration_expression_update(ti_patch_payload.end_date, query, session.bind)
         # clear the next_method and next_kwargs so that none of the retries pick them up
         query = query.values(state=State.UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE, next_method=None, next_kwargs=None)
+        updated_state = State.UP_FOR_RESCHEDULE
     # TODO: Replace this with FastAPI's Custom Exception handling:
     # https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/tutorial/handling-errors/#install-custom-exception-handlers
     try:
         result = session.execute(query)
-        log.info("TI %s state updated: %s row(s) affected", ti_id_str, result.rowcount)
+        log.info("TI %s state updated to %s: %s row(s) affected", ti_id_str, updated_state, result.rowcount)
     except SQLAlchemyError as e:
         log.error("Error updating Task Instance state: %s", e)
         raise HTTPException(