diff --git a/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm b/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm
index e5196d1..86ac87d 100644
--- a/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm
+++ b/lib/Qpsmtpd.pm
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ sub varlog {
     return if $trace > $TraceLevel;
 
     # no logging plugins registered, fall back to STDERR
-    my $prefix = defined $plugin && defined $hook ? " $plugin plugin ($hook):" :
-                 defined $plugin ? " $plugin plugin:" :
-                 defined $hook   ? " running plugin ($hook):" : '';
+    my $prefix = defined $plugin && defined $hook ? " ($hook) $plugin:" :
+                 defined $plugin ? " $plugin:" :
+                 defined $hook   ? " ($hook) running plugin:" : '';
 
     warn join(' ', $$ . $prefix, @log), "\n";
 }
diff --git a/plugins/logging/warn b/plugins/logging/warn
index d62997b..ce41b49 100644
--- a/plugins/logging/warn
+++ b/plugins/logging/warn
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ sub hook_logging {
 
     return DECLINED if $trace > $self->{_level};
 
-    my $prefix = defined $plugin && defined $hook ? " $plugin plugin ($hook):" :
-                 defined $plugin ? " $plugin plugin:" :
-                 defined $hook   ? " running plugin ($hook):" : ''),
+    my $prefix = defined $plugin && defined $hook ? " ($hook) $plugin:" :
+                 defined $plugin ? " $plugin:" :
+                 defined $hook   ? " ($hook) running plugin:" : '';
 
     warn join(' ', $$ . $prefix, @log), "\n";