diff --git a/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner.go b/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner.go
index cfed27bd..0d162dc8 100644
--- a/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner.go
+++ b/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (r *TaskRunner) run(t *Task) {
 			t.SetStatus(ErrorStatus)
 			t.Errorf("%s", err)
 			// ensure the error is available in the global log too
-			logger.Noticef("[change %s %q task] failed: %v", t.Change().ID(), t.Summary(), err)
+			logger.Noticef("Change %s task (%s) failed: %v", t.Change().ID(), t.Summary(), err)
 			if r.taskErrorCallback != nil {
 				r.taskErrorCallback(err)
 			}
diff --git a/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner_test.go b/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner_test.go
index 979d05e9..241aec37 100644
--- a/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner_test.go
+++ b/internals/overlord/state/taskrunner_test.go
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ func (ts *taskRunnerSuite) TestErrorCallbackCalledOnError(c *C) {
 	c.Check(strings.Join(t1.Log(), ""), Matches, `.*handler error for "foo"`)
 	c.Check(called, Equals, true)
 
-	c.Check(logbuf.String(), Matches, `(?m).*: \[change 1 "task summary" task\] failed: handler error for "foo".*`)
+	c.Check(logbuf.String(), Matches, `(?m).*: Change 1 task \(task summary\) failed: handler error for "foo".*`)
 }
 
 func (ts *taskRunnerSuite) TestErrorCallbackNotCalled(c *C) {