diff --git a/lib/commands/audit.js b/lib/commands/audit.js
index aed1be7a82906..486bef1bb5dc1 100644
--- a/lib/commands/audit.js
+++ b/lib/commands/audit.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class Audit extends ArboristWorkspaceCmd {
       )
     }
 
-    log.verbose('loading installed dependencies')
+    log.verbose('audit', 'loading installed dependencies')
     const Arborist = require('@npmcli/arborist')
     const opts = {
       ...this.npm.flatOptions,
diff --git a/lib/commands/cache.js b/lib/commands/cache.js
index 108c261ffe57d..d23c51c390287 100644
--- a/lib/commands/cache.js
+++ b/lib/commands/cache.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Cache extends BaseCommand {
       try {
         entry = await cacache.get(cachePath, key)
       } catch (err) {
-        log.warn(`Not Found: ${key}`)
+        log.warn('cache', `Not Found: ${key}`)
         break
       }
       output.standard(`Deleted: ${key}`)
diff --git a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index 026abc55ccba1..111c73889c876 100644
--- a/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/workspaces/arborist/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -1153,7 +1153,8 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
       && this.originalLockfileVersion !== this.lockfileVersion
     ) {
       log.warn(
-      `Converting lock file (${relative(process.cwd(), this.filename)}) from v${this.originalLockfileVersion} -> v${this.lockfileVersion}`
+        'shrinkwrap',
+        `Converting lock file (${relative(process.cwd(), this.filename)}) from v${this.originalLockfileVersion} -> v${this.lockfileVersion}`
       )
     }
 
diff --git a/workspaces/config/lib/index.js b/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
index c99292db9afb4..099bf2f5f15a0 100644
--- a/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
+++ b/workspaces/config/lib/index.js
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class Config {
 
   async #loadFile (file, type) {
     // only catch the error from readFile, not from the loadObject call
-    log.silly(`config:load:file:${file}`)
+    log.silly('config', `load:file:${file}`)
     await readFile(file, 'utf8').then(
       data => {
         const parsedConfig = ini.parse(data)
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class Config {
           if (w === this.localPrefix) {
             // see if there's a .npmrc file in the workspace, if so log a warning
             if (await fileExists(this.localPrefix, '.npmrc')) {
-              log.warn(`ignoring workspace config at ${this.localPrefix}/.npmrc`)
+              log.warn('config', `ignoring workspace config at ${this.localPrefix}/.npmrc`)
             }
 
             // set the workspace in the default layer, which allows it to be overridden easily
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ class Config {
             data.workspace = [this.localPrefix]
             this.localPrefix = p
             this.localPackage = hasPackageJson
-            log.info(`found workspace root at ${this.localPrefix}`)
+            log.info('config', `found workspace root at ${this.localPrefix}`)
             // we found a root, so we return now
             return
           }