diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index d68aebf83d31f283135e0e49c9d0949e053411ae..65abc41e7c3f462e82f7e8d9c5edaae9eb2281d9 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ sub runsocksserver {
 
     if($sshpid <= 0 || !kill(0, $sshpid)) {
         # it is NOT alive
-        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the SOCKS server\n";
+        logmsg "RUN: failed to start the $srvrname server\n";
         display_sshlog();
         display_sshconfig();
         display_sshdlog();
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ sub runsocksserver {
     # Ugly hack but ssh doesn't support pid files
     my $pid3 = verifyserver("socks",$ip,$port);
     if(!$pid3) {
-        logmsg "RUN: SOCKS server failed verification\n";
+        logmsg "RUN: $srvrname server failed verification\n";
         # failed to talk to it properly. Kill the server and return failure
         stopserver("$sshpid $pid2");
         $doesntrun{$pidfile} = 1;
@@ -1413,7 +1413,7 @@ sub runsocksserver {
     $pid2 = $pid3;
 
     if($verbose) {
-        logmsg "RUN: SOCKS server is now running PID $pid2\n";
+        logmsg "RUN: $srvrname server is now running PID $pid2\n";
     }
 
     return ($pid2, $sshpid);