diff --git a/taskman.inc.php b/taskman.inc.php
index f380836..b032483 100644
--- a/taskman.inc.php
+++ b/taskman.inc.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class TaskmanTask
         run_many($this->_getDeps());
       }
 
-      msg_sys("************************ Running task '" . $this->getName() . "' ************************\n");
+      msg_sys("*** '" . $this->getName() . "' start ***\n");
 
       $bench = microtime(true);
 
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ class TaskmanTask
       if(!$TASKMAN_NO_DEPS)
         run_many($this->_getAfterDeps());
 
-      msg_sys("************************* '" . $this->getName() . "' done (" . 
-                     round(microtime(true)-$bench,2) . '/' .round(microtime(true)-$TASKMAN_START_TIME,2) . " sec.)*************************\n");
+      msg_sys("*** '" . $this->getName() . "' done(" . 
+                     round(microtime(true)-$bench,2) . '/' .round(microtime(true)-$TASKMAN_START_TIME,2) . " sec.) ***\n");
 
       $this->has_run[$args_str] = true;
       $this->is_running = false;
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ function main($argv = array(), $help_func = null, $proc_argv = true)
   else if($default_task)
     $default_task->run($argv);
 
-  msg_sys("************************ All done (".round(microtime(true)-$GLOBALS['TASKMAN_START_TIME'],2)." sec.)************************\n");
+  msg_sys("**** All done (".round(microtime(true)-$GLOBALS['TASKMAN_START_TIME'],2)." sec.) ****\n");
 }
 
 function usage($script_name = "<taskman-script>")