diff --git a/clientv3/maintenance.go b/clientv3/maintenance.go
index 6164ef66a..9da27a4bb 100644
--- a/clientv3/maintenance.go
+++ b/clientv3/maintenance.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	pb "go.etcd.io/etcd/v3/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
-
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 )
 
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ type Maintenance interface {
 }
 
 type maintenance struct {
+	lg       *zap.Logger
 	dial     func(endpoint string) (pb.MaintenanceClient, func(), error)
 	remote   pb.MaintenanceClient
 	callOpts []grpc.CallOption
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ type maintenance struct {
 
 func NewMaintenance(c *Client) Maintenance {
 	api := &maintenance{
+		lg: c.lg,
 		dial: func(endpoint string) (pb.MaintenanceClient, func(), error) {
 			conn, err := c.Dial(endpoint)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ func NewMaintenance(c *Client) Maintenance {
 
 func NewMaintenanceFromMaintenanceClient(remote pb.MaintenanceClient, c *Client) Maintenance {
 	api := &maintenance{
+		lg: c.lg,
 		dial: func(string) (pb.MaintenanceClient, func(), error) {
 			return remote, func() {}, nil
 		},
@@ -193,23 +196,32 @@ func (m *maintenance) Snapshot(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 		return nil, toErr(ctx, err)
 	}
 
+	m.lg.Info("opened snapshot stream; downloading")
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			resp, err := ss.Recv()
 			if err != nil {
+				switch err {
+				case io.EOF:
+					m.lg.Info("completed snapshot read; closing")
+				default:
+					m.lg.Warn("failed to receive from snapshot stream; closing", zap.Error(err))
+				}
 				pw.CloseWithError(err)
 				return
 			}
-			if resp == nil && err == nil {
-				break
-			}
+
+			// can "resp == nil && err == nil"
+			// before we receive snapshot SHA digest?
+			// No, server sends EOF with an empty response
+			// after it sends SHA digest at the end
+
 			if _, werr := pw.Write(resp.Blob); werr != nil {
 				pw.CloseWithError(werr)
 				return
 			}
 		}
-		pw.Close()
 	}()
 	return &snapshotReadCloser{ctx: ctx, ReadCloser: pr}, nil
 }
diff --git a/clientv3/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go b/clientv3/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go
index e5c81892a..f3a3c19f9 100644
--- a/clientv3/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go
+++ b/clientv3/snapshot/v3_snapshot.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	bolt "go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/v3/clientv3"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/v3/etcdserver"
@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ type v3Manager struct {
 	skipHashCheck bool
 }
 
+// hasChecksum returns "true" if the file size "n"
+// has appended sha256 hash digest.
+func hasChecksum(n int64) bool {
+	// 512 is chosen because it's a minimum disk sector size
+	// smaller than (and multiplies to) OS page size in most systems
+	return (n % 512) == sha256.Size
+}
+
 // Save fetches snapshot from remote etcd server and saves data to target path.
 func (s *v3Manager) Save(ctx context.Context, cfg clientv3.Config, dbPath string) error {
 	if len(cfg.Endpoints) != 1 {
@@ -108,10 +117,7 @@ func (s *v3Manager) Save(ctx context.Context, cfg clientv3.Config, dbPath string
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not open %s (%v)", partpath, err)
 	}
-	s.lg.Info(
-		"created temporary db file",
-		zap.String("path", partpath),
-	)
+	s.lg.Info("created temporary db file", zap.String("path", partpath))
 
 	now := time.Now()
 	var rd io.ReadCloser
@@ -119,23 +125,25 @@ func (s *v3Manager) Save(ctx context.Context, cfg clientv3.Config, dbPath string
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	s.lg.Info(
-		"fetching snapshot",
-		zap.String("endpoint", cfg.Endpoints[0]),
-	)
-	if _, err = io.Copy(f, rd); err != nil {
+	s.lg.Info("fetching snapshot", zap.String("endpoint", cfg.Endpoints[0]))
+	var size int64
+	size, err = io.Copy(f, rd)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if !hasChecksum(size) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("sha256 checksum not found [bytes: %d]", size)
+	}
 	if err = fileutil.Fsync(f); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err = f.Close(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	s.lg.Info(
-		"fetched snapshot",
+	s.lg.Info("fetched snapshot",
 		zap.String("endpoint", cfg.Endpoints[0]),
-		zap.Duration("took", time.Since(now)),
+		zap.String("size", humanize.Bytes(uint64(size))),
+		zap.String("took", humanize.Time(now)),
 	)
 
 	if err = os.Rename(partpath, dbPath); err != nil {
@@ -362,7 +370,7 @@ func (s *v3Manager) saveDB() error {
 	if serr != nil {
 		return serr
 	}
-	hasHash := (off % 512) == sha256.Size
+	hasHash := hasChecksum(off)
 	if hasHash {
 		if err := db.Truncate(off - sha256.Size); err != nil {
 			return err