diff --git a/gossipd/gossip.c b/gossipd/gossip.c
index d4f942b38..7a3f0b6ec 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossip.c
+++ b/gossipd/gossip.c
@@ -790,7 +790,9 @@ static void handle_local_add_channel(struct peer *peer, u8 *msg)
 	c->htlc_minimum_msat = htlc_minimum_msat;
 	c->base_fee = fee_base_msat;
 	c->proportional_fee = fee_proportional_millionths;
-	status_trace("Added and updated local channel %s/%d", type_to_string(msg, struct short_channel_id, &scid), direction);
+	status_trace("Channel %s(%d) was updated (LOCAL)",
+		     type_to_string(msg, struct short_channel_id, &scid),
+		     direction);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/test_lightningd.py b/tests/test_lightningd.py
index 7acc73282..ce2dfdeba 100644
--- a/tests/test_lightningd.py
+++ b/tests/test_lightningd.py
@@ -1614,8 +1614,9 @@ class LightningDTests(BaseLightningDTests):
 
         # Make sure l1 has seen announce for all channels.
         l1.daemon.wait_for_logs([
-            'Channel {}\\(0\\) was updated.'.format(c1),
-            'Channel {}\\(1\\) was updated.'.format(c1),
+            # One of the first two is LOCAL (has (LOCAL) at end of msg)
+            'Channel {}\\(0\\) was updated'.format(c1),
+            'Channel {}\\(1\\) was updated'.format(c1),
             'Channel {}\\(0\\) was updated.'.format(c2),
             'Channel {}\\(1\\) was updated.'.format(c2)])