diff --git a/lang/ast/structs.go b/lang/ast/structs.go
index 09af6075..2f0bd0be 100644
--- a/lang/ast/structs.go
+++ b/lang/ast/structs.go
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) importSystemScope(name string) (*interfaces.Scope, error) {
 			return nil, errwrap.Wrapf(err, "could not interpolate AST from import `%s`", name)
 		}
 
-		obj.data.Logf("building scope...")
+		obj.data.Logf("scope building...")
 		// propagate the scope down through the AST...
 		// most importantly, we ensure that the child imports will run!
 		// we pass in *our* parent scope, which will include the globals
@@ -3619,7 +3619,7 @@ func (obj *StmtProg) importScopeWithParsedInputs(input *inputs.ParsedInput, scop
 		return nil, errwrap.Wrapf(err, "could not interpolate AST from import")
 	}
 
-	logf("building scope...")
+	logf("scope building...")
 	// propagate the scope down through the AST...
 	// most importantly, we ensure that the child imports will run!
 	// we pass in *our* parent scope, which will include the globals
diff --git a/lang/gapi/gapi.go b/lang/gapi/gapi.go
index 78c8caf0..25f31f61 100644
--- a/lang/gapi/gapi.go
+++ b/lang/gapi/gapi.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (obj *GAPI) Cli(info *gapi.Info) (*gapi.Deploy, error) {
 		Functions: ast.FuncPrefixToFunctionsScope(""), // runs funcs.LookupPrefix
 	}
 
-	logf("building scope...")
+	logf("scope building...")
 	// propagate the scope down through the AST...
 	// We use SetScope because it follows all of the imports through. I did
 	// not think we needed to pass in an initial scope because the download
diff --git a/lang/lang.go b/lang/lang.go
index 28ab1617..47b97bee 100644
--- a/lang/lang.go
+++ b/lang/lang.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func (obj *Lang) Init() error {
 		Functions: ast.FuncPrefixToFunctionsScope(""), // runs funcs.LookupPrefix
 	}
 
-	obj.Logf("building scope...")
+	obj.Logf("scope building...")
 	// propagate the scope down through the AST...
 	if err := obj.ast.SetScope(scope); err != nil {
 		return errwrap.Wrapf(err, "could not set scope")