diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index df6f9f0..78f4e3a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ repository history](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/commits/master).
     [#639](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/639)
   * Updated sample systemd service unit file to improve logging in the systemd
     journal.  [#669](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/669)
-  * The second and subsequent lines in a multi-line log message are now prefixed
-    with a `|` character.
+  * The second and subsequent lines in a multi-line log message now have a
+    different prefix to distinguish them from separate log messages.
     [#676](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/676)
+    [#719](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/719)
   * `emailonly`: New `protocol` option that simply emails you when your IP
     address changes.  [#654](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/pull/654)
   * `he.net`: Added support for updating Hurricane Electric records.
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 1acbc05..2e93983 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -2364,15 +2364,16 @@ sub logmsg {
     chomp($buffer);
 
     my $prefix = $args{pfx};
-    $prefix = sprintf "%-9s  ", $prefix if $prefix;
+    $prefix = sprintf "%-8s ", $prefix if $prefix;
     if ($file) {
         $prefix .= "file $file";
         $prefix .= ", line $lineno" if $lineno;
-        $prefix .= ":  ";
+        $prefix .= ": ";
     }
     if ($prefix) {
+        $prefix .= "> ";
         $buffer = "$prefix$buffer";
-        $prefix =~ s/  $/| /;
+        $prefix =~ s/> $/  /;
         $buffer =~ s/\n/\n$prefix/g;
     }
     $buffer .= "\n";
diff --git a/t/logmsg.pl b/t/logmsg.pl
index 347a69e..7bd8696 100644
--- a/t/logmsg.pl
+++ b/t/logmsg.pl
@@ -55,49 +55,49 @@ my @test_cases = (
     {
         desc => 'single-line prefix',
         args => [pfx => 'PFX:', 'foo'],
-        want => "PFX:       foo\n",
+        want => "PFX:     > foo\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'multi-line prefix',
         args => [pfx => 'PFX:', "foo\nbar"],
-        want => "PFX:       foo\nPFX:     | bar\n",
+        want => "PFX:     > foo\nPFX:       bar\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'single-line long prefix',
         args => [pfx => 'VERY LONG PREFIX:', 'foo'],
-        want => "VERY LONG PREFIX:  foo\n",
+        want => "VERY LONG PREFIX: > foo\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'multi-line long prefix',
         args => [pfx => 'VERY LONG PREFIX:', "foo\nbar"],
-        want => "VERY LONG PREFIX:  foo\nVERY LONG PREFIX:| bar\n",
+        want => "VERY LONG PREFIX: > foo\nVERY LONG PREFIX:   bar\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'single line, no prefix, file',
         args => ['foo'],
         file => 'name',
-        want => "file name:  foo\n",
+        want => "file name: > foo\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'single line, no prefix, file, and line number',
         args => ['foo'],
         file => 'name',
         lineno => 42,
-        want => "file name, line 42:  foo\n",
+        want => "file name, line 42: > foo\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'single line, prefix, file, and line number',
         args => [pfx => 'PFX:', 'foo'],
         file => 'name',
         lineno => 42,
-        want => "PFX:       file name, line 42:  foo\n",
+        want => "PFX:     file name, line 42: > foo\n",
     },
     {
         desc => 'multiple lines, prefix, file, and line number',
         args => [pfx => 'PFX:', "foo\nbar"],
         file => 'name',
         lineno => 42,
-        want => "PFX:       file name, line 42:  foo\nPFX:       file name, line 42:| bar\n",
+        want => "PFX:     file name, line 42: > foo\nPFX:     file name, line 42:   bar\n",
     },
 );