diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_double_dash_behavior b/e2e/tasks/test_task_double_dash_behavior
index 671e32ccbc..ddfe41d284 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 -x myfile] $ echo "custom=$usage_custom file=$usage_file args=$@"
+assert "mise run with_usage -x myfile 2>&1" '[with_usage] $ 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_prefix_args_disambiguation b/e2e/tasks/test_task_prefix_args_disambiguation
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e0e365863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_prefix_args_disambiguation
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Test that task output prefixes include args only when the same task runs
+# multiple times with different arguments (disambiguation), and omit args
+# when there's no conflict.
+
+cat <<'EOF' >mise.toml
+[tasks.greet]
+run = 'echo "hello $1"'
+
+[tasks.build]
+run = 'echo "building"'
+EOF
+
+# When the same task runs twice with different args, prefixes should include args
+output="$(mise run greet alice ::: greet bob 2>&1)"
+assert_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[greet alice]"
+assert_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[greet bob]"
+
+# When a task runs only once, prefix should NOT include args
+output="$(mise run greet alice 2>&1)"
+assert_not_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[greet alice]"
+assert_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[greet]"
+
+# Different tasks should not trigger disambiguation
+output="$(mise run greet alice ::: build 2>&1)"
+assert_not_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[greet alice]"
+assert_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[greet]"
+assert_contains "echo \"$output\"" "[build]"
diff --git a/src/cli/run.rs b/src/cli/run.rs
index 3ff99bb7fd..583ab634e6 100644
--- a/src/cli/run.rs
+++ b/src/cli/run.rs
@@ -527,7 +527,8 @@ impl Run {
     async fn prepare_tasks(&mut self, config: &Arc<Config>, mut tasks: Vec<Task>) -> Result<Deps> {
         let fetcher = crate::task::task_fetcher::TaskFetcher::new(self.no_cache);
         fetcher.fetch_tasks(&mut tasks).await?;
-        let tasks = Deps::new(config, tasks).await?;
+        let mut tasks = Deps::new(config, tasks).await?;
+        tasks.mark_ambiguous_prefixes();
         self.is_linear = tasks.is_linear();
         Ok(tasks)
     }
diff --git a/src/task/deps.rs b/src/task/deps.rs
index bcd69f6c90..09bddded46 100644
--- a/src/task/deps.rs
+++ b/src/task/deps.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ impl Deps {
         for idx in to_remove {
             deps.graph.remove_node(idx);
         }
+        deps.mark_ambiguous_prefixes();
         Ok(deps)
     }
 
@@ -228,6 +229,25 @@ impl Deps {
         self.graph.node_indices().map(|idx| &self.graph[idx])
     }
 
+    /// Mark tasks that share a display_name so their prefix includes args
+    /// for disambiguation (e.g. `[test-docker 4.1]` vs `[test-docker 4.2]`).
+    pub fn mark_ambiguous_prefixes(&mut self) {
+        let mut name_to_indices: HashMap<String, Vec<petgraph::graph::NodeIndex>> = HashMap::new();
+        for idx in self.graph.node_indices() {
+            name_to_indices
+                .entry(self.graph[idx].display_name.clone())
+                .or_default()
+                .push(idx);
+        }
+        for indices in name_to_indices.values() {
+            if indices.len() > 1 {
+                for &idx in indices {
+                    self.graph[idx].show_args_in_prefix = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn is_linear(&self) -> bool {
         let mut graph = self.graph.clone();
         // pop dependencies off, if we get multiple dependencies at once it's not linear
diff --git a/src/task/mod.rs b/src/task/mod.rs
index 30eab7f958..e6af8b679e 100644
--- a/src/task/mod.rs
+++ b/src/task/mod.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ pub struct Task {
     /// Name of the task template to extend (requires experimental = true)
     #[serde(default)]
     pub extends: Option<String>,
+
+    /// When true, include args in the output prefix to disambiguate tasks
+    /// with the same display_name but different arguments.
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    pub show_args_in_prefix: bool,
 }
 
 impl Task {
@@ -517,9 +522,13 @@ impl Task {
 
     pub fn prefix(&self) -> String {
         let max_width = 40;
-        let inner = format!("{} {}", self.display_name, self.args.join(" "));
-        let inner = inner.trim();
-        format!("[{}]", console::truncate_str(inner, max_width, "…"))
+        let inner = if self.show_args_in_prefix && !self.args.is_empty() {
+            let s = format!("{} {}", self.display_name, self.args.join(" "));
+            s.trim().to_string()
+        } else {
+            self.display_name.clone()
+        };
+        format!("[{}]", console::truncate_str(&inner, max_width, "…"))
     }
 
     pub fn run(&self) -> &Vec<RunEntry> {
@@ -1267,6 +1276,7 @@ impl Default for Task {
             timeout: None,
             remote_file_source: None,
             extends: None,
+            show_args_in_prefix: false,
         }
     }
 }