diff --git a/fail2ban/helpers.py b/fail2ban/helpers.py
index 6f2bcdd7..3ef7d543 100644
--- a/fail2ban/helpers.py
+++ b/fail2ban/helpers.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def getVerbosityFormat(verbosity, fmt=' %(message)s', addtime=True, padding=True
 			if addtime:
 				fmt = ' %(asctime)-15s' + fmt
 	else: # default (not verbose):
-		fmt = "%(name)-23.23s [%(process)d]: %(levelname)-7s" + fmt
+		fmt = "%(name)-24s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)-7s" + fmt
 		if addtime:
 			fmt = "%(asctime)s " + fmt
 	# remove padding if not needed:
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py
index 43d76802..c1a6a345 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/misctestcase.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from StringIO import StringIO
 from utils import LogCaptureTestCase, logSys as DefLogSys
 
 from ..helpers import formatExceptionInfo, mbasename, TraceBack, FormatterWithTraceBack, getLogger, \
-	splitwords, uni_decode, uni_string
+	getVerbosityFormat, splitwords, uni_decode, uni_string
 from ..server.mytime import MyTime
 
 
@@ -404,6 +404,14 @@ class TestsUtilsTest(LogCaptureTestCase):
 		self._testAssertionErrorRE(r"\['A', 'B'\] != \['B', 'C'\]",
 			self.assertSortedEqual, ['A', 'B'], ['C', 'B'])
 
+	def testVerbosityFormat(self):
+		self.assertEqual(getVerbosityFormat(1),
+			'%(asctime)s %(name)-24s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)-7s %(message)s')
+		self.assertEqual(getVerbosityFormat(1, padding=False),
+			'%(asctime)s %(name)s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)s %(message)s')
+		self.assertEqual(getVerbosityFormat(1, addtime=False, padding=False),
+			'%(name)s[%(process)d]: %(levelname)s %(message)s')
+
 	def testFormatterWithTraceBack(self):
 		strout = StringIO()
 		Formatter = FormatterWithTraceBack