diff --git a/utils/emulator_launcher.py b/utils/emulator_launcher.py
index 556ff5a4..0f0aa5c5 100644
--- a/utils/emulator_launcher.py
+++ b/utils/emulator_launcher.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ def wrapper(msg: str) -> str | None:
 
         if msg is None:
             msg = (
-                "Expected function '{}' to evaluate to True " "when reading emulator property '{}'."
+                "Expected function '{}' to evaluate to True when reading emulator property '{}'."
             ).format(func.__name__, emulator_property)
 
         err = self._wait_for_emulator_lambda(partial(wrapper, msg), timeout)
@@ -400,8 +400,7 @@ def wrapper(msg: str) -> str | None:
 
         if msg is None:
             msg = (
-                "Expected function '{}' to evaluate to False "
-                "when reading emulator property '{}'."
+                "Expected function '{}' to evaluate to False when reading emulator property '{}'."
             ).format(func.__name__, emulator_property)
 
         err = self._wait_for_emulator_lambda(partial(wrapper, msg), timeout)
@@ -956,6 +955,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._log_file = None
 
     def _open(self) -> None:
+        print(f"Launching commandline emulator ({self._device}).")
         self._log_file = open(
             log_filename(
                 self._test_name, "cmdemulator", self._device, TestModes.RECSIM, self._var_dir
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ def _call_command_line(self, command_line: str | list[str]) -> None:
             self._process.wait()
 
     def _close(self) -> None:
-        print("Closing commandline emulator.")
+        print(f"Closing commandline emulator ({self._device}).")
         # We need to catch psutil.NoSuchProcess as it is possible:
         # * the main process may exit after the children have terminated
         #   and before terminate() can be called by us on it