diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index a45660f62db54e37c47e0a04f5101d4adfb3463f..b3110040164ae64fa29e66fae2d7f5bd4d7d139f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static int ptmx_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	if (retval)
 		goto err_release;
 
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "(tty count=%d)\n", tty->count);
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "opening (count=%d)\n", tty->count);
 
 	tty_unlock(tty);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index d9df15f1086b0df6cdd5c0449424822f6f865df8..f8e1fce9bdfd3619039865017880d866e490bc11 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ static void do_tty_hangup(struct work_struct *work)
 
 void tty_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "\n");
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "hangup\n");
 	schedule_work(&tty->hangup_work);
 }
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_hangup);
 
 void tty_vhangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "\n");
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "vhangup\n");
 	__tty_hangup(tty, 0);
 }
 
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ void tty_vhangup_self(void)
 
 static void tty_vhangup_session(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "\n");
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "session hangup\n");
 	__tty_hangup(tty, 1);
 }
 
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "(tty count=%d)...\n", tty->count);
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "releasing (count=%d)\n", tty->count);
 
 	if (tty->ops->close)
 		tty->ops->close(tty, filp);
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	/* Wait for pending work before tty destruction commmences */
 	tty_flush_works(tty);
 
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure...\n");
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure\n");
 	/*
 	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
 	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure. The tty_unlock_pair
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	    tty->driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER)
 		noctty = 1;
 
-	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "(tty count=%d)\n", tty->count);
+	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "opening (count=%d)\n", tty->count);
 
 	if (tty->ops->open)
 		retval = tty->ops->open(tty, filp);
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ static int tty_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 	filp->f_flags = saved_flags;
 
 	if (retval) {
-		tty_debug_hangup(tty, "error %d, releasing...\n", retval);
+		tty_debug_hangup(tty, "open error %d, releasing\n", retval);
 
 		tty_unlock(tty); /* need to call tty_release without BTM */
 		tty_release(inode, filp);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
index 40964eaf115fd9a11998ef2b430d89c74171bd85..0ea351388724aeae75b70d22433b3d56736d1828 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ int tty_unthrottle_safe(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 void tty_wait_until_sent(struct tty_struct *tty, long timeout)
 {
-	tty_debug_wait_until_sent(tty, "\n");
+	tty_debug_wait_until_sent(tty, "wait until sent, timeout=%ld\n", timeout);
 
 	if (!timeout)
 		timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index f578e8405ff00f124f6aa4022818d2033b19b06c..f06dd7a41a030825052a323e07e00599dca3779e 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -669,8 +669,7 @@ static inline void proc_tty_unregister_driver(struct tty_driver *d) {}
 #define tty_msg(fn, tty, f, ...) \
 	fn("%s %s: " f, tty_driver_name(tty), tty_name(tty), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#define tty_debug(tty, f, ...) \
-		tty_msg(pr_debug, tty, "%s:" f, __func__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define tty_debug(tty, f, ...)	tty_msg(pr_debug, tty, f, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define tty_info(tty, f, ...)	tty_msg(pr_info, tty, f, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define tty_notice(tty, f, ...)	tty_msg(pr_notice, tty, f, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define tty_warn(tty, f, ...)	tty_msg(pr_warn, tty, f, ##__VA_ARGS__)