diff --git a/bin/cdist-config b/bin/cdist-config
index ca8525ea..a36af881 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-config
+++ b/bin/cdist-config
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ __cdist_echo()
    if [ "$__cdist_object_self" ]; then
       __cdist_echo_prefix="${__cdist_object_self}:"
    else
-      __cdist_echo_prefix=""
+      __cdist_echo_prefix="core: "
    fi
    set -u
 
diff --git a/bin/cdist-object-push b/bin/cdist-object-push
index 9fda2cea..62b00cb2 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-object-push
+++ b/bin/cdist-object-push
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set -eu
 __cdist_target_host="$1"; shift
 __cdist_object_self="$1"; shift
 
-__cdist_echo info "Transferring object $__cdist_target_host ..."
+__cdist_echo info "Transferring object"
 cdist-dir push "$__cdist_target_host" \
    "$(__cdist_object_dir "$__cdist_object_self")" \
    "$(__cdist_remote_object_dir "$__cdist_object_self")"