diff --git a/buildbot/master.cfg b/buildbot/master.cfg
index 6f602c5..ae50d35 100644
--- a/buildbot/master.cfg
+++ b/buildbot/master.cfg
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ class SetPropertyFromCommandWithPortlist(SetPropertyFromCommand):
 
         self.setProperty('fullportlist', ' '.join(portset))
 
+    def getText(self, cmd, results):
+        if self.hasProperty('subportlist'):
+            return ["Port list: %s" % (self.getProperty('subportlist'))]
+        else:
+            # let ShellCommand describe
+            return ShellCommand.getText(self, cmd, results)
+
 
 # can't run with prefix inside the workdir in production,
 # because archives must be built with prefix=/opt/local
@@ -325,7 +332,7 @@ portbuilder_factory = BuildFactory()
 # XXX: use InfoStep instead of running a dummy command
 portbuilder_factory.addStep(ShellCommand(
     command=["/usr/bin/true"],
-    description=[WithProperties("Port %(portname)s")]))
+    description=[WithProperties("Port: %(portname)s")]))
 #portbuilder_factory.addStep(InfoStep(title=WithProperties("Port %(portname)s")))
 
 portbuilder_factory.addStep(SVN(