diff --git a/party b/party
index 65f1f20..9a494d1 100755
--- a/party
+++ b/party
@@ -567,12 +567,12 @@ tmux="$PARTY_TMUX"
 EOF
     cat >> "$notify_script" <<'EOF'
 # Auto-generated by party. Fan a display-message out to every client
-# of the party server. Args: $1 = socket, $2 = user, $3 = verb (e.g.
-# "joined", "left", "started logging", "stopped logging")
-sock="$1"; user="$2"; verb="$3"
+# of the party server. Args: $1 = socket, $2 = user, $3 = verb
+# ("joined", "left", "started logging"), $4 = object (default "the party")
+sock="$1"; user="$2"; verb="$3"; obj="${4:-the party}"
 "$tmux" -S "$sock" list-clients -F '#{client_name}' 2>/dev/null \
   | while read -r c; do
-        "$tmux" -S "$sock" display-message -c "$c" "$user $verb the party" 2>/dev/null || :
+        "$tmux" -S "$sock" display-message -c "$c" "$user $verb $obj" 2>/dev/null || :
     done
 EOF
     chmod 0755 "$notify_script"
@@ -1105,11 +1105,12 @@ EOF
 # Tell everyone in the room when recording starts or stops: a
 # transcript nobody knew about is the kind of surprise the social
 # design exists to avoid. Reuses the .party-notify script generated at
-# host time, so the broadcast reads "$USER started logging the party"
-# / "$USER stopped logging the party". Tolerant of failure: a missing
-# or unreadable notify script shouldn't abort logging.
+# host time; the broadcast reads "$USER started logging this party".
+# Tolerant of failure: a missing or unreadable notify script shouldn't
+# abort logging.
 log_notify() {
-    "${RR_SOCKET%/sock}/.party-notify" "$RR_SOCKET" "$USER" "$1 logging" || :
+    "${RR_SOCKET%/sock}/.party-notify" "$RR_SOCKET" "$USER" \
+        "$1 logging" "this party" || :
 }
 
 cmd_log() {
diff --git a/tests/95-stub-roundtrip.bats b/tests/95-stub-roundtrip.bats
index e40a5c7..f35d1a1 100644
--- a/tests/95-stub-roundtrip.bats
+++ b/tests/95-stub-roundtrip.bats
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ case "$*" in
     # party process while it waits on us, mid-setup.
     [ -n "${SIGNAL_ON_NEWSESSION:-}" ] && kill -TERM "$PPID"
     ;;
+  *"list-clients -F #{client_name}"*)
+    # Optional injection point for the broadcast tests: pretend one
+    # client is attached so the notify fan-out has someone to message.
+    [ -n "${FAKE_CLIENT:-}" ] && echo "$FAKE_CLIENT"
+    ;;
   *"display-message -p "*)
     # Caller is fishing for #{pid}; emit the sleeper's PID.
     echo "$FAKE_SERVER_PID"
@@ -872,3 +877,23 @@ STUB
   [[ "$output" == *"solo"*"[group=$TMUX_PARTY_GROUP]"* ]]
   [[ "$output" == *"duo"*"[group=$other]"* ]]
 }
+
+@test "log start and stop are announced to attached clients" {
+  "$PARTY_BIN" host taped
+  export FAKE_CLIENT=/dev/pts/99
+
+  run "$PARTY_BIN" log
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  grep -q "display-message -c /dev/pts/99 $USER started logging this party$" "$TMUX_LOG"
+
+  run "$PARTY_BIN" log --stop
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  grep -q "display-message -c /dev/pts/99 $USER stopped logging this party$" "$TMUX_LOG"
+}
+
+@test "join/leave broadcast keeps its default wording" {
+  "$PARTY_BIN" host greet
+  party_dir="$PARTY_SOCKET_DIR/party-$USER:greet.d"
+  FAKE_CLIENT=/dev/pts/99 "$party_dir/.party-notify" "$party_dir/sock" alice joined
+  grep -q "display-message -c /dev/pts/99 alice joined the party$" "$TMUX_LOG"
+}