diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
index ed137fd1a63..20b8e73876a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidbuildapkstep.cpp
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ void AndroidBuildApkStep::run(QFutureInterface<bool> &fi)
 
 void AndroidBuildApkStep::processStarted()
 {
-    emit addOutput(tr("Starting: \"%1 %2\"")
+    emit addOutput(tr("Starting: \"%1\" %2")
                    .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_command),
                         m_argumentsPasswordConcealed),
                    BuildStep::OutputFormat::NormalMessage);
diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
index c88ebbaa985..d49971115ca 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androiddeployqtstep.cpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ AndroidDeployQtStep::DeployErrorCode AndroidDeployQtStep::runDeploy(QFutureInter
 
     m_process->start();
 
-    emit addOutput(tr("Starting: \"%1 %2\"")
+    emit addOutput(tr("Starting: \"%1\" %2")
                    .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_command), args),
                    BuildStep::OutputFormat::NormalMessage);
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp
index d613136021d..1e7f33bf658 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/abstractprocessstep.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void AbstractProcessStep::cleanUp(QProcess *process)
 
 void AbstractProcessStep::processStarted()
 {
-    emit addOutput(tr("Starting: \"%1 %2\"")
+    emit addOutput(tr("Starting: \"%1\" %2")
                    .arg(QDir::toNativeSeparators(m_param.effectiveCommand()),
                         m_param.prettyArguments()),
                    BuildStep::OutputFormat::NormalMessage);