diff --git a/web/context.go b/web/context.go
index 52b1efc08..832bfb7ca 100644
--- a/web/context.go
+++ b/web/context.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ type RequestEvent struct {
 	// whitespace-separated ahead of the JSON. This saves bytes in the logs since
 	// we don't have to include field names, quotes, or commas -- all of these
 	// fields are known to not include whitespace.
-	Method    string  `json:"-,omitempty"`
-	Endpoint  string  `json:"-,omitempty"`
-	Requester int64   `json:"-,omitempty"`
-	Code      int     `json:"-,omitempty"`
-	Latency   float64 `json:"-,omitempty"`
-	RealIP    string  `json:"-,omitempty"`
+	Method    string  `json:"-"`
+	Endpoint  string  `json:"-"`
+	Requester int64   `json:"-"`
+	Code      int     `json:"-"`
+	Latency   float64 `json:"-"`
+	RealIP    string  `json:"-"`
 
 	Slug           string                 `json:",omitempty"`
 	InternalErrors []string               `json:",omitempty"`
diff --git a/wfe2/wfe.go b/wfe2/wfe.go
index 1bbf2322b..7eeec3585 100644
--- a/wfe2/wfe.go
+++ b/wfe2/wfe.go
@@ -860,8 +860,10 @@ func (wfe *WebFrontEndImpl) Challenge(
 	challenge := authz.Challenges[challengeIndex]
 
 	logEvent.Extra["ChallengeType"] = challenge.Type
-	logEvent.Extra["Identifier"] = authz.Identifier
-	logEvent.Extra["AuthorizationStatus"] = authz.Status
+	if authz.Identifier.Type == core.IdentifierDNS {
+		logEvent.DNSName = authz.Identifier.Value
+	}
+	logEvent.Status = string(authz.Status)
 
 	switch request.Method {
 	case "GET", "HEAD":
@@ -1244,8 +1246,10 @@ func (wfe *WebFrontEndImpl) Authorization(ctx context.Context, logEvent *web.Req
 		}
 		return
 	}
-	logEvent.Extra["Identifier"] = authz.Identifier
-	logEvent.Extra["AuthorizationStatus"] = authz.Status
+	if authz.Identifier.Type == core.IdentifierDNS {
+		logEvent.DNSName = authz.Identifier.Value
+	}
+	logEvent.Status = string(authz.Status)
 
 	// After expiring, authorizations are inaccessible
 	if authz.Expires == nil || authz.Expires.Before(wfe.clk.Now()) {