diff --git a/cluster/service.go b/cluster/service.go
index 772bd25354..58e81fe21b 100644
--- a/cluster/service.go
+++ b/cluster/service.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type Service struct {
 func NewService(c Config) *Service {
 	return &Service{
 		closing: make(chan struct{}),
-		Logger:  log.New(os.Stderr, "[tcp] ", log.LstdFlags),
+		Logger:  log.New(os.Stderr, "[cluster] ", log.LstdFlags),
 		statMap: influxdb.NewStatistics("cluster", "cluster", nil),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tcp/mux.go b/tcp/mux.go
index 5da8d0cce5..98ce991769 100644
--- a/tcp/mux.go
+++ b/tcp/mux.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func NewMux() *Mux {
 	return &Mux{
 		m:       make(map[byte]*listener),
 		Timeout: DefaultTimeout,
-		Logger:  log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags),
+		Logger:  log.New(os.Stderr, "[tcp] ", log.LstdFlags),
 	}
 }