diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_double_dash_behavior b/e2e/tasks/test_task_double_dash_behavior
index ddfe41d284..671e32ccbc 100644
--- a/e2e/tasks/test_task_double_dash_behavior
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_double_dash_behavior
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EOF
 
 # Usage spec handles its own flags (parsed by usage spec, not passed as $@)
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
-assert "mise run with_usage -x myfile 2>&1" '[with_usage] $ echo "custom=$usage_custom file=$usage_file args=$@"
+assert "mise run with_usage -x myfile 2>&1" '[with_usage -x myfile] $ echo "custom=$usage_custom file=$usage_file args=$@"
 custom=true file=myfile args='
 
 # But mise flags still go to mise (myfile is consumed by usage spec, not passed to $@)
diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_run_depends b/e2e/tasks/test_task_run_depends
index 5652dc6f9f..b6f21f2ff8 100644
--- a/e2e/tasks/test_task_run_depends
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_run_depends
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ run = 'echo build'
 [tasks.all]
 depends = ['build a', 'build b', 'build c']
 EOF
-assert "mise run all | sort" "[build] build a
-[build] build b
-[build] build c"
+assert "mise run all | sort" "[build a] build a
+[build b] build b
+[build c] build c"
 
 cat <<EOF >mise.toml
 [tasks.build1]
diff --git a/src/task/mod.rs b/src/task/mod.rs
index 2b66684355..30eab7f958 100644
--- a/src/task/mod.rs
+++ b/src/task/mod.rs
@@ -516,7 +516,10 @@ impl Task {
     }
 
     pub fn prefix(&self) -> String {
-        format!("[{}]", self.display_name)
+        let max_width = 40;
+        let inner = format!("{} {}", self.display_name, self.args.join(" "));
+        let inner = inner.trim();
+        format!("[{}]", console::truncate_str(inner, max_width, "…"))
     }
 
     pub fn run(&self) -> &Vec<RunEntry> {