diff --git a/debugging/kernel-logger/Makefile b/debugging/kernel-logger/Makefile
index a8e493e4c..ce48b7545 100644
--- a/debugging/kernel-logger/Makefile
+++ b/debugging/kernel-logger/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CXX=g++
-CXXFLAGS=-O3 -std=c++11 -g
+CXXFLAGS=-O3 -std=c++11 -g -I../../profiling/all
 SHARED_CXXFLAGS=-shared -fPIC
 
 all: kp_kernel_logger.so
diff --git a/debugging/kernel-logger/kp_kernel_logger.cpp b/debugging/kernel-logger/kp_kernel_logger.cpp
index dc5b13167..23dfcbe7b 100644
--- a/debugging/kernel-logger/kp_kernel_logger.cpp
+++ b/debugging/kernel-logger/kp_kernel_logger.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <limits>
+#include <climits>
 #include <cstring>
+#include "impl/Kokkos_Profiling_Interface.hpp"
 
 std::vector<std::string> regions;
 static uint64_t uniqID;
@@ -27,6 +29,65 @@ struct SpaceHandle {
   char name[64];
 };
 
+// Get a useful label from the deviceId
+// NOTE: Relevant code is in:
+// kokkos/core/src/impl/Kokkos_Profiling_Interface.hpp
+std::string deviceIdToString(const uint32_t deviceId) {
+  using namespace Kokkos::Tools::Experimental;
+  std::string device_label("(");
+  ExecutionSpaceIdentifier eid = identifier_from_devid(deviceId);
+  if (eid.type == DeviceType::Serial)
+    device_label += "Serial";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::OpenMP)
+    device_label += "OpenMP";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::Cuda)
+    device_label += "Cuda";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::HIP)
+    device_label += "HIP";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::OpenMPTarget)
+    device_label += "OpenMPTarget";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::HPX)
+    device_label += "HPX";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::Threads)
+    device_label += "Threads";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::SYCL)
+    device_label += "SYCL";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::OpenACC)
+    device_label += "OpenACC";
+  else if (eid.type == DeviceType::Unknown)
+    device_label += "Unknown";
+  else
+    device_label += "Unknown to KokkosTools";
+
+  if (eid.instance_id ==
+      int_for_synchronization_reason(
+          SpecialSynchronizationCases::GlobalDeviceSynchronization))
+    device_label += " All Instances)";
+  else if (eid.instance_id ==
+           int_for_synchronization_reason(
+               SpecialSynchronizationCases::DeepCopyResourceSynchronization))
+    device_label += " DeepCopyResource)";
+  else
+    device_label += " Instance " + std::to_string(eid.instance_id) + ")";
+
+  return device_label;
+}
+
+bool suppressCounts() {
+  static bool value       = [](){
+    const char* varVal = std::getenv("KOKKOS_TOOLS_LOGGER_SUPPRESS_COUNTS");
+    if (varVal) {
+      std::string v = std::string(varVal);
+      // default to false
+      if (v == "1" || v == "ON" || v == "on" || v == "TRUE" || v == "true" ||
+          v == "YES" || v == "yes")
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }();
+  return value;
+}
+
 void kokkosp_print_region_stack_indent(const int level) {
   printf("KokkosP: ");
 
@@ -66,12 +127,14 @@ extern "C" void kokkosp_finalize_library() {
 extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_for(const char* name,
                                            const uint32_t devID,
                                            uint64_t* kID) {
-  *kID = uniqID++;
+  *kID       = uniqID++;
+  int output = *kID;
+  if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
 
   printf(
-      "KokkosP: Executing parallel-for kernel on device %d with unique "
+      "KokkosP: Executing parallel-for kernel on device %s with unique "
       "execution identifier %llu\n",
-      devID, (unsigned long long)(*kID));
+      deviceIdToString(devID).c_str(), (unsigned long long)(output));
 
   int level = kokkosp_print_region_stack();
   kokkosp_print_region_stack_indent(level);
@@ -80,19 +143,23 @@ extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_for(const char* name,
 }
 
 extern "C" void kokkosp_end_parallel_for(const uint64_t kID) {
+  int output = kID;
+  if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
   printf("KokkosP: Execution of kernel %llu is completed.\n",
-         (unsigned long long)(kID));
+         (unsigned long long)output);
 }
 
 extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_scan(const char* name,
                                             const uint32_t devID,
                                             uint64_t* kID) {
-  *kID = uniqID++;
+  *kID       = uniqID++;
+  int output = *kID;
+  if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
 
   printf(
-      "KokkosP: Executing parallel-scan kernel on device %d with unique "
+      "KokkosP: Executing parallel-scan kernel on device %s with unique "
       "execution identifier %llu\n",
-      devID, (unsigned long long)(*kID));
+      deviceIdToString(devID).c_str(), (unsigned long long)(output));
 
   int level = kokkosp_print_region_stack();
   kokkosp_print_region_stack_indent(level);
@@ -101,19 +168,23 @@ extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_scan(const char* name,
 }
 
 extern "C" void kokkosp_end_parallel_scan(const uint64_t kID) {
+  int output = kID;
+  if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
   printf("KokkosP: Execution of kernel %llu is completed.\n",
-         (unsigned long long)(kID));
+         (unsigned long long)(output));
 }
 
 extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_reduce(const char* name,
                                               const uint32_t devID,
                                               uint64_t* kID) {
-  *kID = uniqID++;
+  *kID       = uniqID++;
+  int output = *kID;
+  if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
 
   printf(
-      "KokkosP: Executing parallel-reduce kernel on device %d with unique "
+      "KokkosP: Executing parallel-reduce kernel on device %s with unique "
       "execution identifier %llu\n",
-      devID, (unsigned long long)(*kID));
+      deviceIdToString(devID).c_str(), (unsigned long long)(output));
 
   int level = kokkosp_print_region_stack();
   kokkosp_print_region_stack_indent(level);
@@ -122,8 +193,11 @@ extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_parallel_reduce(const char* name,
 }
 
 extern "C" void kokkosp_end_parallel_reduce(const uint64_t kID) {
+  int output = kID;
+  if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
+
   printf("KokkosP: Execution of kernel %llu is completed.\n",
-         (unsigned long long)(kID));
+         (unsigned long long)(output));
 }
 
 extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_fence(const char* name, const uint32_t devID,
@@ -139,10 +213,13 @@ extern "C" void kokkosp_begin_fence(const char* name, const uint32_t devID,
   } else {
     *kID = uniqID++;
 
+    int output = *kID;
+    if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
+
     printf(
-        "KokkosP: Executing fence on device %d with unique execution "
+        "KokkosP: Executing fence on device %s with unique execution "
         "identifier %llu\n",
-        devID, (unsigned long long)(*kID));
+        deviceIdToString(devID).c_str(), (unsigned long long)(output));
 
     int level = kokkosp_print_region_stack();
     kokkosp_print_region_stack_indent(level);
@@ -156,8 +233,11 @@ extern "C" void kokkosp_end_fence(const uint64_t kID) {
   // dealing with the application's fence, which we filtered out in the callback
   // for fences
   if (kID != std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max()) {
+    int output = kID;
+    if (suppressCounts()) output = 0;
+
     printf("KokkosP: Execution of fence %llu is completed.\n",
-           (unsigned long long)(kID));
+           (unsigned long long)(output));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/profiling/all/impl/Kokkos_Profiling_Interface.hpp b/profiling/all/impl/Kokkos_Profiling_Interface.hpp
index b66886d9f..ddd6223be 100644
--- a/profiling/all/impl/Kokkos_Profiling_Interface.hpp
+++ b/profiling/all/impl/Kokkos_Profiling_Interface.hpp
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ inline uint32_t device_id(ExecutionSpace const& space) noexcept {
           << num_instance_bits) +
          space.impl_instance_id();
 }
+
+inline uint32_t int_for_synchronization_reason(
+    Kokkos::Tools::Experimental::SpecialSynchronizationCases reason) {
+  switch (reason) {
+    case GlobalDeviceSynchronization: return 0;
+    case DeepCopyResourceSynchronization: return 0x00ffffff;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
 }  // namespace Experimental
 }  // namespace Tools
 }  // end namespace Kokkos