diff --git a/src/vol/volume.c b/src/vol/volume.c
index 1b0588824d..d93c63c171 100644
--- a/src/vol/volume.c
+++ b/src/vol/volume.c
@@ -4632,11 +4632,14 @@ VCheckOffline(Volume * vp)
 	VUpdateVolume_r(&error, vp, 0);
 	VCloseVolumeHandles_r(vp);
 	if (LogLevel) {
-	    Log("VOffline: Volume %u (%s) is now offline", V_id(vp),
-		V_name(vp));
-	    if (V_offlineMessage(vp)[0])
-		Log(" (%s)", V_offlineMessage(vp));
-	    Log("\n");
+	    if (V_offlineMessage(vp)[0]) {
+		Log("VOffline: Volume %lu (%s) is now offline (%s)\n",
+		    afs_printable_uint32_lu(V_id(vp)), V_name(vp),
+		    V_offlineMessage(vp));
+	    } else {
+		Log("VOffline: Volume %lu (%s) is now offline\n",
+		    afs_printable_uint32_lu(V_id(vp)), V_name(vp));
+	    }
 	}
 	FreeVolumeHeader(vp);
 #ifdef AFS_PTHREAD_ENV