diff --git a/zuul/ansible/library/zuul_log.py b/zuul/ansible/library/zuul_log.py
index 8978275..2072bc9 100644
--- a/zuul/ansible/library/zuul_log.py
+++ b/zuul/ansible/library/zuul_log.py
@@ -34,14 +34,17 @@
 
 
 def log(msg):
+    if not isinstance(msg, list):
+        msg = [msg]
     with Console() as console:
-        console.addLine("[Zuul] %s\n" % msg)
+        for line in msg:
+            console.addLine("[Zuul] %s\n" % line)
 
 
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec=dict(
-            msg=dict(required=True),
+            msg=dict(required=True, type='raw'),
         )
     )
 
diff --git a/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py b/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py
index c13f098..21c2c67 100644
--- a/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py
+++ b/zuul/launcher/ansiblelaunchserver.py
@@ -1032,6 +1032,13 @@
                                   state='directory'))
             main_block.append(task)
 
+            msg = [
+                "Launched by %s" % self.manager_name,
+                "Building remotely on %s in workspace %s" % (
+                    self.name, parameters['WORKSPACE'])]
+            task = dict(zuul_log=dict(msg=msg))
+            main_block.append(task)
+
             for builder in jjb_job.get('builders', []):
                 if 'shell' in builder:
                     main_block.extend(