diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0b52ca6..a98bfb1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ async fn download_task_inner(state: &State, load_id: usize, url: String) -> anyh
                         state.num_kibibytes_downloaded.fetch_add((bytes.len()/1024).try_into()?, Ordering::Relaxed);
                     },
                     Some(Err(e)) => {
-                        log_send.send(format!("Task id {} errored while reading from {}: {}", load_id, &url, e)).await?;
+                        log_send.send(format!("Task {} ({}) error: {}", load_id, &url, e)).await?;
                         // do this second just in case the await fails. if the await fails or we otherwise exit, we'll add this *outside*
                         state.num_tasks_errored.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
                         break;
                     },
                     None => {
                         state.num_tasks_errored.fetch_add(1, Ordering::SeqCst);
-                        log_send.send(format!("Task id {} ran out of data from {}.", load_id, &url)).await?;
+                        log_send.send(format!("Task {} ran out of data from {}.", load_id, &url)).await?;
                         break;
                     }
                 }