diff --git a/src/nm-checkpoint.c b/src/nm-checkpoint.c
index 39a6c255cf..405baf5743 100644
--- a/src/nm-checkpoint.c
+++ b/src/nm-checkpoint.c
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ activate:
 					        nm_settings_connection_get_uuid (connection));
 					nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (connection,
 					                                       dev_checkpoint->settings_connection,
+					                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 					                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_NONE,
+					                                       "checkpoint-rollback",
 					                                       NULL);
 				}
 			} else {
diff --git a/src/nm-manager.c b/src/nm-manager.c
index 9fae8f45b9..00dac4fbd7 100644
--- a/src/nm-manager.c
+++ b/src/nm-manager.c
@@ -4024,7 +4024,9 @@ activation_add_done (NMSettings *settings,
 		if (_internal_activate_generic (self, active, &local)) {
 			nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (new_connection,
 			                                       NULL,
+			                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 			                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_USER_ACTION | NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_ID_CHANGED,
+			                                       "add-and-activate",
 			                                       NULL);
 			g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value (
 			    context,
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
index 2f6d2f2180..b8c1faa04c 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.c
@@ -696,16 +696,16 @@ out:
 gboolean
 nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *self,
                                        NMConnection *new_connection,
+                                       NMSettingsConnectionPersistMode persist_mode,
                                        NMSettingsConnectionCommitReason commit_reason,
+                                       const char *log_diff_name,
                                        GError **error)
 {
 	return _update (self,
 	                new_connection,
-	                NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
+	                persist_mode,
 	                commit_reason,
-	                new_connection
-	                  ? "update-during-write"
-	                  : "replace-and-commit-disk",
+	                log_diff_name,
 	                error);
 }
 
@@ -1003,7 +1003,9 @@ nm_settings_connection_new_secrets (NMSettingsConnection *self,
 
 	nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (self,
 	                                       NULL,
+	                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 	                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_NONE,
+	                                       "new-secrets",
 	                                       NULL);
 	return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1120,7 +1122,9 @@ get_secrets_done_cb (NMAgentManager *manager,
 
 				nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (self,
 				                                       NULL,
+				                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 				                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_NONE,
+				                                       "get-new-secrets",
 				                                       NULL);
 			} else {
 				_LOGD ("(%s:%p) new agent secrets processed",
@@ -2140,7 +2144,9 @@ dbus_clear_secrets_auth_cb (NMSettingsConnection *self,
 
 	nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (self,
 	                                       NULL,
+	                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 	                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_NONE,
+	                                       "clear-secrets",
 	                                       &local);
 
 	nm_audit_log_connection_op (NM_AUDIT_OP_CONN_CLEAR_SECRETS, self,
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h
index d4be5a5526..8306fc460a 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings-connection.h
@@ -131,17 +131,19 @@ gboolean nm_settings_connection_has_unmodified_applied_connection (NMSettingsCon
                                                                    NMConnection *applied_connection,
                                                                    NMSettingCompareFlags compare_flage);
 
-gboolean  nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *self,
-                                                 NMConnection *new_connection,
-                                                 NMSettingsConnectionCommitReason commit_reason,
-                                                 GError **error);
-
 typedef enum {
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_KEEP,
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 	NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_IN_MEMORY,
 } NMSettingsConnectionPersistMode;
 
+gboolean  nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (NMSettingsConnection *self,
+                                                 NMConnection *new_connection,
+                                                 NMSettingsConnectionPersistMode persist_mode,
+                                                 NMSettingsConnectionCommitReason commit_reason,
+                                                 const char *log_diff_name,
+                                                 GError **error);
+
 gboolean nm_settings_connection_replace_settings (NMSettingsConnection *self,
                                                   NMConnection *new_connection,
                                                   NMSettingsConnectionPersistMode persist_mode,
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifupdown/nms-ifupdown-plugin.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifupdown/nms-ifupdown-plugin.c
index 0928772afa..1461ea86c4 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifupdown/nms-ifupdown-plugin.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifupdown/nms-ifupdown-plugin.c
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ bind_device_to_connection (SettingsPluginIfupdown *self,
 
 	nm_settings_connection_commit_changes (NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION (exported),
 	                                       NULL,
+	                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_PERSIST_MODE_DISK,
 	                                       NM_SETTINGS_CONNECTION_COMMIT_REASON_NONE,
+	                                       "ifupdown-new",
 	                                       NULL);
 }