diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
index 475f2b8fee150c9127992d89fc1088d8e29cfce6..25b936fd8a9c993d8c62e38a415ba395ca3d390e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/concurrentMarkSweep/concurrentMarkSweepGeneration.cpp
@@ -827,10 +827,10 @@ void ConcurrentMarkSweepGeneration::printOccupancy(const char *s) {
   GenCollectedHeap* gch = GenCollectedHeap::heap();
   if (PrintGCDetails) {
     if (Verbose) {
-      gclog_or_tty->print(" [%d %s-%s: "SIZE_FORMAT"("SIZE_FORMAT")]",
+      gclog_or_tty->print("[%d %s-%s: "SIZE_FORMAT"("SIZE_FORMAT")]",
         level(), short_name(), s, used(), capacity());
     } else {
-      gclog_or_tty->print(" [%d %s-%s: "SIZE_FORMAT"K("SIZE_FORMAT"K)]",
+      gclog_or_tty->print("[%d %s-%s: "SIZE_FORMAT"K("SIZE_FORMAT"K)]",
         level(), short_name(), s, used() / K, capacity() / K);
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
index 448c5707787cad1e789605d3f51c6c44ae0ea2f5..cc11754c9a0d053ee3ffb47d7d29f71fdbfd0c5e 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/g1/g1CollectedHeap.cpp
@@ -3668,7 +3668,7 @@ void G1CollectedHeap::log_gc_header() {
   gclog_or_tty->stamp(PrintGCTimeStamps);
 
   GCCauseString gc_cause_str = GCCauseString("GC pause", gc_cause())
-    .append(g1_policy()->gcs_are_young() ? " (young)" : " (mixed)")
+    .append(g1_policy()->gcs_are_young() ? "(young)" : "(mixed)")
     .append(g1_policy()->during_initial_mark_pause() ? " (initial-mark)" : "");
 
   gclog_or_tty->print("[%s", (const char*)gc_cause_str);
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psYoungGen.cpp b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psYoungGen.cpp
index 70c071dfe49de4605c5d178425f5a286878f0394..2d8697587ac1b5d8be692274a967e1f2cfff2826 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psYoungGen.cpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_implementation/parallelScavenge/psYoungGen.cpp
@@ -808,8 +808,9 @@ void PSYoungGen::print_on(outputStream* st) const {
   st->print("  to  "); to_space()->print_on(st);
 }
 
+// Note that a space is not printed before the [NAME:
 void PSYoungGen::print_used_change(size_t prev_used) const {
-  gclog_or_tty->print(" [%s:", name());
+  gclog_or_tty->print("[%s:", name());
   gclog_or_tty->print(" "  SIZE_FORMAT "K"
                       "->" SIZE_FORMAT "K"
                       "("  SIZE_FORMAT "K)",
diff --git a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp
index c9bfe106c79ed79bc97eb60b6e38a5fd43f25e51..58abc2e6f5e025a0931f82146469931fa4d5345a 100644
--- a/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp
+++ b/src/share/vm/gc_interface/gcCause.hpp
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ class GCCauseString : StackObj {
  public:
    GCCauseString(const char* prefix, GCCause::Cause cause) {
      if (PrintGCCause) {
-      _position = jio_snprintf(_buffer, _length, "%s (%s)", prefix, GCCause::to_string(cause));
+      _position = jio_snprintf(_buffer, _length, "%s (%s) ", prefix, GCCause::to_string(cause));
      } else {
-      _position = jio_snprintf(_buffer, _length, "%s", prefix);
+      _position = jio_snprintf(_buffer, _length, "%s ", prefix);
      }
      assert(_position >= 0 && _position <= _length,
        err_msg("Need to increase the buffer size in GCCauseString? %d", _position));