diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_node.py
@@ -734,9 +734,9 @@
         if command is not None:
             p_args += [command]
         p_args += pos_args + named_args
+        self.log.debug("Running bitcoin-cli {}".format(p_args[2:]))
         if self.emulator is not None:
             p_args = [self.emulator] + p_args
-        self.log.debug("Running bitcoin-cli command: {}".format(command))
         process = subprocess.Popen(p_args, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                                    stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
         cli_stdout, cli_stderr = process.communicate(input=self.input)