diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingInputStream.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingInputStream.java
index 5b14fd515..d42a18329 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingInputStream.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingInputStream.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class LoggingInputStream extends InputStream {
             }
             return b;
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.input("[read] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class LoggingInputStream extends InputStream {
             }
             return bytesRead;
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.input("[read] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class LoggingInputStream extends InputStream {
             }
             return bytesRead;
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.input("[read] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class LoggingInputStream extends InputStream {
         try {
             return super.skip(n);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.input("[skip] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class LoggingInputStream extends InputStream {
         try {
             return in.available();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.input("[available] I/O error : " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class LoggingInputStream extends InputStream {
         try {
             in.close();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.input("[close] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
diff --git a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingOutputStream.java b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingOutputStream.java
index 48e63c5ad..c70cb1700 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingOutputStream.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/conn/LoggingOutputStream.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class LoggingOutputStream extends OutputStream {
         try {
             wire.output(b);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.output("[write] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class LoggingOutputStream extends OutputStream {
             wire.output(b);
             out.write(b);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.output("[write] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class LoggingOutputStream extends OutputStream {
             wire.output(b, off, len);
             out.write(b, off, len);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.output("[write] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class LoggingOutputStream extends OutputStream {
         try {
             out.flush();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.output("[flush] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class LoggingOutputStream extends OutputStream {
         try {
             out.close();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            wire.input("I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
+            wire.output("[close] I/O error: " + ex.getMessage());
             throw ex;
         }
     }