diff --git a/docs/source/extend_kedro/plugins.md b/docs/source/extend_kedro/plugins.md
index adc0bf7821..47d3652fd8 100644
--- a/docs/source/extend_kedro/plugins.md
+++ b/docs/source/extend_kedro/plugins.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Kedro plugins allow you to create new features for Kedro and inject additional c
 
 ## Overview
 
-Kedro uses [`setuptools`](https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html), which is a collection of enhancements to the Python `distutils` to allow developers to build and distribute Python packages. Kedro uses various entry points in [`pkg_resources`](https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html) to provide plugin functionality.
+Kedro's extension mechanism is built on [`pluggy`](https://pluggy.readthedocs.io/), a solid plugin management library that was created for the [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/) ecosystem. `pluggy` relies on [entry points](https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/), a Python mechanism for packages to provide components that can be discovered by other packages using [`importlib.metadata`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.metadata.html#entry-points).
 
 ## Example of a simple plugin
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ When you are ready to submit your code:
 2. Choose a command approach: `global` and / or `project` commands:
    - All `global` commands should be provided as a single `click` group
    - All `project` commands should be provided as another `click` group
-   - The `click` groups are declared through the [`pkg_resources` entry_point system](https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/setuptools.html)
+   - The `click` groups are declared through the [entry points mechanism](https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/entry_point.html)
 3. Include a `README.md` describing your plugin's functionality and all dependencies that should be included
 4. Use GitHub tagging to tag your plugin as a `kedro-plugin` so that we can find it
 
diff --git a/kedro/framework/cli/hooks/manager.py b/kedro/framework/cli/hooks/manager.py
index eae313a270..19457af690 100644
--- a/kedro/framework/cli/hooks/manager.py
+++ b/kedro/framework/cli/hooks/manager.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from .markers import CLI_HOOK_NAMESPACE
 from .specs import CLICommandSpecs
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 _cli_hook_manager = None
 
 _CLI_PLUGIN_HOOKS = "kedro.cli_hooks"
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ def get_cli_hook_manager():
     global _cli_hook_manager
     if _cli_hook_manager is None:
         _cli_hook_manager = CLIHooksManager()
+    _cli_hook_manager.trace.root.setwriter(logger.debug)
+    _cli_hook_manager.enable_tracing()
     return _cli_hook_manager
 
 
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ def _register_cli_hooks_setuptools(self) -> None:
         }
 
         if plugin_names:
-            logging.getLogger(__name__).debug(
+            logger.debug(
                 "Registered CLI hooks from %d installed plugin(s): %s",
                 len(plugin_names),
                 ", ".join(sorted(plugin_names)),
diff --git a/kedro/framework/hooks/manager.py b/kedro/framework/hooks/manager.py
index d106a36cee..13a8e5a8b2 100644
--- a/kedro/framework/hooks/manager.py
+++ b/kedro/framework/hooks/manager.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 def _create_hook_manager() -> PluginManager:
     """Create a new PluginManager instance and register Kedro's hook specs."""
     manager = PluginManager(HOOK_NAMESPACE)
+    manager.trace.root.setwriter(logger.debug)
+    manager.enable_tracing()
     manager.add_hookspecs(NodeSpecs)
     manager.add_hookspecs(PipelineSpecs)
     manager.add_hookspecs(DataCatalogSpecs)
@@ -60,10 +62,13 @@ def _register_hooks_setuptools(
 
     """
     already_registered = hook_manager.get_plugins()
+    # Method name is misleading:
+    # entry points are standard and don't require setuptools,
+    # see https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/entry-points/
     hook_manager.load_setuptools_entrypoints(_PLUGIN_HOOKS)
     disabled_plugins = set(disabled_plugins)
 
-    # Get list of plugin/distinfo tuples for all setuptools registered plugins.
+    # Get list of plugin/distinfo tuples for all registered plugins.
     plugininfo = hook_manager.list_plugin_distinfo()
     plugin_names = set()
     disabled_plugin_names = set()