diff --git a/src/viced/host.c b/src/viced/host.c
index 14570abd46..c2e0fe56fe 100644
--- a/src/viced/host.c
+++ b/src/viced/host.c
@@ -3065,22 +3065,23 @@ initInterfaceAddr_r(struct host *host, struct interfaceAddr *interf)
     afs_uint16 myPort;
     int found;
     struct Interface *interface;
+    char hoststr[16];
 
     assert(host);
     assert(interf);
 
-    ViceLog(125,
-	    ("initInterfaceAddr : host %x numAddr %d\n", host->host,
-	     interf->numberOfInterfaces));
-
     number = interf->numberOfInterfaces;
     myAddr = host->host;	/* current interface address */
     myPort = host->port;	/* current port */
 
+    ViceLog(125,
+	    ("initInterfaceAddr : host %s:%d numAddr %d\n", 
+	      afs_inet_ntoa_r(myAddr, hoststr), ntohs(myPort), number));
+
     /* validation checks */
     if (number < 0 || number > AFS_MAX_INTERFACE_ADDR) {
 	ViceLog(0,
-		("Number of alternate addresses returned is %d\n", number));
+		("Invalid number of alternate addresses is %d\n", number));
 	return -1;
     }
 
@@ -3136,7 +3137,6 @@ initInterfaceAddr_r(struct host *host, struct interfaceAddr *interf)
     host->interface = interface;
 
     for (i = 0; i < host->interface->numberOfInterfaces; i++) {
-	char hoststr[16];
 	ViceLog(125, ("--- alt address %s:%d\n", 
 		       afs_inet_ntoa_r(host->interface->interface[i].addr, hoststr),
 		       ntohs(host->interface->interface[i].port)));