diff --git a/src/cmd/job/attach.c b/src/cmd/job/attach.c
index 55455aa4e621..6123ba2b8bef 100644
--- a/src/cmd/job/attach.c
+++ b/src/cmd/job/attach.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "src/common/libsubprocess/fbuf.h"
 #include "src/common/libsubprocess/fbuf_watcher.h"
 #include "src/common/libtaskmap/taskmap_private.h"
+#include "src/common/libjob/idf58.h"
 
 #include "src/common/libterminus/pty.h"
 #include "src/common/libdebugged/debugged.h"
@@ -1161,11 +1162,13 @@ void attach_event_continuation (flux_future_t *f, void *arg)
 
         if (ctx->statusline)
             fprintf (stderr, "\r\033[K");
-        fprintf (stderr, "%.3fs: job.exception type=%s severity=%d %s\n",
-                         event->timestamp - ctx->timestamp_zero,
-                         type,
-                         severity,
-                         note);
+        fprintf (stderr,
+                 "%.3fs: job.exception %s type=%s severity=%d %s\n",
+                 event->timestamp - ctx->timestamp_zero,
+                 ctx->jobid,
+                 type,
+                 severity,
+                 note);
 
         ctx->fatal_exception = (severity == 0);
 
diff --git a/t/t2304-sched-simple-alloc-check.t b/t/t2304-sched-simple-alloc-check.t
index fb1045920699..3c66b2163ee4 100755
--- a/t/t2304-sched-simple-alloc-check.t
+++ b/t/t2304-sched-simple-alloc-check.t
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ test_expect_success 'submit consecutive jobs that exceed their time limit' '
 	done) 2>joberr
 '
 test_expect_success 'some jobs received timeout exception' '
-	grep "job.exception type=timeout" joberr
+	grep "job.exception" joberr | grep "type=timeout"
 '
 test_expect_success 'no jobs received alloc-check exception' '
 	test_must_fail grep "job.exception type=alloc-check" joberr
diff --git a/t/t2608-job-shell-log.t b/t/t2608-job-shell-log.t
index 6d6af05ba2e2..bc413d680161 100755
--- a/t/t2608-job-shell-log.t
+++ b/t/t2608-job-shell-log.t
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ done
 test_expect_success 'flux-shell: missing command logs fatal error' '
 	test_expect_code 127 flux run nosuchcommand 2>missing.err &&
 	grep "flux-shell\[0\]: FATAL: task 0.*: start failed" missing.err &&
-	grep "job.exception type=exec severity=0 task 0.*: start failed" missing.err &&
+	grep "job.exception" missing.err | grep "type=exec severity=0 task 0.*: start failed" &&
         grep "No such file or directory" missing.err
 '
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ test_expect_success 'flux-shell: illegal command logs fatal error' '
 	mkdir adirectory &&
 	test_expect_code 126 flux run ./adirectory 2>illegal.err &&
 	grep "flux-shell\[0\]: FATAL: task 0.*: start failed" illegal.err &&
-	grep "job.exception type=exec severity=0 task 0.*: start failed" illegal.err &&
+	grep "job.exception" illegal.err | grep "type=exec severity=0 task 0.*: start failed" &&
 	grep "Permission denied" illegal.err
 '