diff --git a/DEVELOPING.md b/DEVELOPING.md
index 8dbebd2df..b6f9ad032 100644
--- a/DEVELOPING.md
+++ b/DEVELOPING.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Listening for transport dt_socket at address: 5005
 > show baseDirectory
 [info] /s/t
 > exit
-[info] shutting down server
+[info] shutting down sbt server
 [success] Total time: 19 s, completed 25-Apr-2018 15:04:58
 ```
 
diff --git a/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/Server.scala b/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/Server.scala
index 1cdc2aef2..72646dabd 100644
--- a/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/Server.scala
+++ b/main-command/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/server/Server.scala
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private[sbt] object Server {
       }
 
       override def shutdown(): Unit = {
-        log.info("shutting down server")
+        log.info("shutting down sbt server")
         if (portfile.exists) {
           IO.delete(portfile)
         }