diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 3270495d25cc..feaea1cade77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ drupal x.xx, xx/xx/xxxx (CVS, unstable)
 - removed FAQ and documentation module and merged them into a "book module".
 - removed ban module and integrated it into account.module as "access control":
     * access control is based on much more powerful regular expressions (regex) now rather than on MySQL pattern matching.
-- rewrote watchdog and submission throttle
+- rewrote watchdog and submission throttle:
+    * improved watchdog messages and added watchdog filter.
 - rewrote headline code and renamed it to import.module and export.module:
     * added various improvements, including a better parser, bundles and better control over individual feeds.
 - rewrote section code and renamed it to structure.module:
diff --git a/modules/watchdog.module b/modules/watchdog.module
index 761ae43b96ec..8abe4dc3fce8 100644
--- a/modules/watchdog.module
+++ b/modules/watchdog.module
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function watchdog_overview($type) {
   $output .= " <TR><TH>date</TH><TH>message</TH><TH>user</TH><TH>operations</TH></TR>\n";
   while ($watchdog = db_fetch_object($result)) {
     if ($background = $color[$watchdog->type]) {
-      $output .= " <TR BGCOLOR=\"$background\"><TD>". format_date($watchdog->timestamp, "small") ."</TD><TD>". substr(check_output($watchdog->message), 0, 50) ."</TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\">". format_username($watchdog->userid) ."</A></TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\"><A HREF=\"admin.php?mod=watchdog&op=view&id=$watchdog->id\">details</A></TD></TR>\n";
+      $output .= " <TR BGCOLOR=\"$background\"><TD>". format_date($watchdog->timestamp, "small") ."</TD><TD>". substr(check_output($watchdog->message), 0, 64) ."</TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\">". format_username($watchdog->userid) ."</A></TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\"><A HREF=\"admin.php?mod=watchdog&op=view&id=$watchdog->id\">details</A></TD></TR>\n";
     }
   }
   $output .= "</TABLE>\n";
diff --git a/modules/watchdog/watchdog.module b/modules/watchdog/watchdog.module
index 761ae43b96ec..8abe4dc3fce8 100644
--- a/modules/watchdog/watchdog.module
+++ b/modules/watchdog/watchdog.module
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function watchdog_overview($type) {
   $output .= " <TR><TH>date</TH><TH>message</TH><TH>user</TH><TH>operations</TH></TR>\n";
   while ($watchdog = db_fetch_object($result)) {
     if ($background = $color[$watchdog->type]) {
-      $output .= " <TR BGCOLOR=\"$background\"><TD>". format_date($watchdog->timestamp, "small") ."</TD><TD>". substr(check_output($watchdog->message), 0, 50) ."</TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\">". format_username($watchdog->userid) ."</A></TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\"><A HREF=\"admin.php?mod=watchdog&op=view&id=$watchdog->id\">details</A></TD></TR>\n";
+      $output .= " <TR BGCOLOR=\"$background\"><TD>". format_date($watchdog->timestamp, "small") ."</TD><TD>". substr(check_output($watchdog->message), 0, 64) ."</TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\">". format_username($watchdog->userid) ."</A></TD><TD ALIGN=\"center\"><A HREF=\"admin.php?mod=watchdog&op=view&id=$watchdog->id\">details</A></TD></TR>\n";
     }
   }
   $output .= "</TABLE>\n";