diff --git a/src/libcamera/log.cpp b/src/libcamera/log.cpp
index f4eb8c11adc3..4fc4b5ce0d39 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/log.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/log.cpp
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ static int log_severity_to_syslog(LogSeverity severity)
 static const char *log_severity_name(LogSeverity severity)
 {
 	static const char *const names[] = {
-		"  DBG",
+		"DEBUG",
 		" INFO",
 		" WARN",
-		"  ERR",
+		"ERROR",
 		"FATAL",
 	};