diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 3116117..a876dbb 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ History
 =======
 
 
+v0.20.17 (2024-04-05)
+
+* Improve logging spark merge query results using logger instead of show.
+
+
 v0.20.16 (2024-03-19)
 
 * Remove databricks session spark object and use original method to convert spark to polars df.
diff --git a/aioradio/ds_utils.py b/aioradio/ds_utils.py
index a9ee92b..ce97d39 100644
--- a/aioradio/ds_utils.py
+++ b/aioradio/ds_utils.py
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ def merge_spark_df_in_db(df, target, on, partition_by=None, stage_table=None, pa
         match_clause = ', '.join(f'{target}.{col} = {stage}.{col}' for col in df.columns if col != 'CREATED_DATETIME')
 
         try:
-            spark.sql(f'MERGE INTO {target} USING {stage} ON {on_clause} WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET {match_clause} WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT *').show()
+            sql = f'MERGE INTO {target} USING {stage} ON {on_clause} WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET {match_clause} WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT *'
+            stats = spark.sql(sql).toPandas()
+            logger.info(f"New records: {stats['num_inserted_rows'][0]:,}  |  Updated records: {stats['num_updated_rows'][0]:,}")
             spark.sql(f'DROP TABLE {stage}')
         except Exception:
             spark.sql(f'DROP TABLE {stage}')
@@ -160,7 +162,9 @@ def merge_pandas_df_in_db(df, target, on, partition_by=None, stage_table=None):
         match_clause = ', '.join(f'{target}.{col} = {stage}.{col}' for col in df.columns if col != 'CREATED_DATETIME')
 
         try:
-            spark.sql(f'MERGE INTO {target} USING {stage} ON {on_clause} WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET {match_clause} WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT *').show()
+            sql = f'MERGE INTO {target} USING {stage} ON {on_clause} WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET {match_clause} WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT *'
+            stats = spark.sql(sql).toPandas()
+            logger.info(f"New records: {stats['num_inserted_rows'][0]:,}  |  Updated records: {stats['num_updated_rows'][0]:,}")
             spark.sql(f'DROP TABLE {stage}')
         except Exception:
             spark.sql(f'DROP TABLE {stage}')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a3cfd9..618ec36 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     long_description = fileobj.read()
 
 setup(name='aioradio',
-    version='0.20.16',
+    version='0.20.17',
     description='Generic asynchronous i/o python utilities for AWS services (SQS, S3, DynamoDB, Secrets Manager), Redis, MSSQL (pyodbc), JIRA and more',
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",