diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8f028f418..afdb48016 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 * New event system for plugins (thanks, Jeff!). Plugins can now get
   callbacks from beets when certain events occur in the core.
 * Fixed bug that completely broke non-autotagged imports ("import -A").
+* Fixed bug that logged the wrong paths when using "import -l".
 * A new "-v" command line switch enables debugging output.
 
 1.0b4
diff --git a/beets/ui/commands.py b/beets/ui/commands.py
index ed9936f18..9eaca0882 100644
--- a/beets/ui/commands.py
+++ b/beets/ui/commands.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ def tag_log(logfile, status, path):
     reflect the reason the album couldn't be tagged.
     """
     if logfile:
-        print >>logfile, status, os.path.dirname(path)
+        print >>logfile, '%s %s' % (status, path)
 
 def choose_match(path, items, cur_artist, cur_album, candidates,
                  rec, color=True):