diff --git a/src/logging.h b/src/logging.h
--- a/src/logging.h
+++ b/src/logging.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     AVALANCHE = (1 << 22),
     I2P = (1 << 23),
     CHRONIK = (1 << 24),
+    BLOCKSTORE = (1 << 26),
     ALL = ~uint32_t(0),
 };
 
diff --git a/src/logging.cpp b/src/logging.cpp
--- a/src/logging.cpp
+++ b/src/logging.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
     {BCLog::AVALANCHE, "avalanche"},
     {BCLog::I2P, "i2p"},
     {BCLog::CHRONIK, "chronik"},
+    {BCLog::BLOCKSTORE, "blockstorage"},
     {BCLog::ALL, "1"},
     {BCLog::ALL, "all"},
 };
diff --git a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
--- a/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
+++ b/src/node/blockstorage.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@
         FlatFilePos pos(i, 0);
         fs::remove(BlockFileSeq().FileName(pos));
         fs::remove(UndoFileSeq().FileName(pos));
-        LogPrintf("Prune: %s deleted blk/rev (%05u)\n", __func__, i);
+        LogPrint(BCLog::BLOCKSTORE, "Prune: %s deleted blk/rev (%05u)\n",
+                 __func__, i);
     }
 }
 
@@ -268,7 +269,7 @@
 
     if ((int)nFile != nLastBlockFile) {
         if (!fKnown) {
-            LogPrint(BCLog::VALIDATION, "Leaving block file %i: %s\n",
+            LogPrint(BCLog::BLOCKSTORE, "Leaving block file %i: %s\n",
                      nLastBlockFile, vinfoBlockFile[nLastBlockFile].ToString());
         }
         FlushBlockFile(!fKnown, finalize_undo);
diff --git a/test/functional/rpc_misc.py b/test/functional/rpc_misc.py
--- a/test/functional/rpc_misc.py
+++ b/test/functional/rpc_misc.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         self.log.info("test logging rpc and help")
 
         # Test logging RPC returns the expected number of logging categories.
-        assert_equal(len(node.logging()), 25)
+        assert_equal(len(node.logging()), 26)
 
         # Test toggling a logging category on/off/on with the logging RPC.
         assert_equal(node.logging()['qt'], True)