diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret.go
index 6cc60cf5..66fb9be9 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret.go
@@ -228,9 +228,16 @@ const kindSecretGiven = "secret-given"
 func secretGivenObservation(node, module, name, how string, at time.Time) conditions.Observation {
 	key := node + "." + module + "." + name
 	where := module + " on " + node
+	// Within the bounds whatever the names' length: the module and machine, else the module, else the machine.
 	headline := "New secret given for " + where
-	if len(headline) > conditions.HeadlineMax {
-		headline = "New secret given for " + module
+	for _, h := range []string{"New secret given for " + module, "New secret given on " + node} {
+		if len(headline) > conditions.HeadlineMax {
+			headline = h
+		}
+	}
+	resolved := "You saw that " + module + " was given a new secret"
+	if len(resolved) > conditions.HeadlineMax+20 {
+		resolved = "You saw that a new secret was given on " + node
 	}
 	return conditions.Observation{Scope: conditions.ScopeMachine, ID: key, Token: kindSecretGiven, Kind: kindSecretGiven,
 		Machine: node, Severity: conditions.Urgent, Source: kindSecretGiven,
@@ -240,7 +247,7 @@ func secretGivenObservation(node, module, name, how string, at time.Time) condit
 		Explanation: fmt.Sprintf("The secret %s of %s was given %s. If you gave it, nothing else is needed. If you "+
 			"did not, somebody else now holds what %s acts with.", secretNameWords(name), where, how, module),
 		Needs:    "silence this if you just gave it; if you did not, give it again yourself so that only you hold it.",
-		Resolved: "You saw that " + module + " was given a new secret",
+		Resolved: resolved,
 		Actions:  []conditions.Action{conditions.SilenceAction(conditions.Key(conditions.ScopeMachine, key, kindSecretGiven))}}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret_test.go b/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret_test.go
index c37ee818..50015daf 100644
--- a/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mesh-controller/desk_secret_test.go
@@ -215,11 +215,14 @@ func TestTheSecretGivenConditionSaysItselfInPlainWords(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error("the words carry the value")
 		}
 	}
-	// A long module name keeps the headline within its bound.
-	o := secretGivenObservation("anchor", "a-module-with-a-rather-long-name-indeed", "api-key", "at the controller's terminal", at)
-	if why, ok := conditions.PlainWords(conditions.Words{Headline: o.Headline, Explanation: o.Explanation,
-		Resolved: o.Resolved, Needs: o.Needs, Actions: o.Actions}, o.Machine); !ok {
-		t.Errorf("a long module name: %s", why)
+	// A long module name keeps the headline and the resolved line within their bounds.
+	for _, module := range []string{"a-module-with-a-rather-long-name-indeed",
+		"a-module-with-a-name-so-long-that-no-headline-could-ever-hold-it"} {
+		o := secretGivenObservation("anchor", module, "api-key", "at the controller's terminal", at)
+		if why, ok := conditions.PlainWords(conditions.Words{Headline: o.Headline, Explanation: o.Explanation,
+			Resolved: o.Resolved, Needs: o.Needs, Actions: o.Actions}, o.Machine); !ok {
+			t.Errorf("the module %s: %s", module, why)
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/conditions/plain.go b/internal/conditions/plain.go
index ed287d33..315284ba 100644
--- a/internal/conditions/plain.go
+++ b/internal/conditions/plain.go
@@ -151,11 +151,17 @@ func unworded(o Observation, why string) {
 		Unworded(o, why)
 		return
 	}
-	if _, seen := loggedUnworded.LoadOrStore(o.Kind+"\x00"+why, true); !seen {
-		log.Printf("the condition kind %q is said in the scope's words, not its own: %s", o.Kind, why)
+	// The reason without what it quotes of the words: a quoted fragment may be a hash-shaped secret, and a
+	// fragment that changes (a clock time) would log a new line every time.
+	reason := quotedFragment.ReplaceAllString(why, "")
+	if _, seen := loggedUnworded.LoadOrStore(o.Kind+"\x00"+reason, true); !seen {
+		log.Printf("the condition kind %q is said in the scope's words, not its own: %s", o.Kind, reason)
 	}
 }
 
+// quotedFragment is what a reason of the plain rule quotes of the words it refused, at its end.
+var quotedFragment = regexp.MustCompile(` \([^()]*\)$`)
+
 // The plain rule's shapes.
 var (
 	hexID      = regexp.MustCompile(`\b[0-9a-f]{7,40}\b`)
diff --git a/internal/conditions/plain_test.go b/internal/conditions/plain_test.go
index 53b34bbc..c8d3e072 100644
--- a/internal/conditions/plain_test.go
+++ b/internal/conditions/plain_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -256,18 +255,28 @@ func TestBorrowedWordsAreLogged(t *testing.T) {
 	before := Unworded
 	Unworded = nil
 	t.Cleanup(func() { Unworded = before })
+	loggedUnworded.Clear()
+	t.Cleanup(loggedUnworded.Clear)
 	var out bytes.Buffer
+	writer := log.Writer()
 	log.SetOutput(&out)
-	t.Cleanup(func() { log.SetOutput(os.Stderr) })
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+	t.Cleanup(func() { log.SetOutput(writer) })
+	// A time that changes each observation, and a hash-shaped word: one line, quoting neither.
+	for _, at := range []string{"23:32", "23:33", "23:34"} {
 		if _, err := k.Observe(t.Context(), Observation{Scope: ScopeMachine, ID: "ace", Kind: "test-clock", Machine: "ace",
 			Severity: Warning, Source: "test", Summary: "s", Headline: "ace was given a secret",
-			Explanation: "It was given at 23:32.", Resolved: "Seen"}); err != nil {
+			Explanation: "It was given at " + at + ".", Resolved: "Seen"}); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
-	if got := out.String(); strings.Count(got, "\n") != 1 || !strings.Contains(got, `"test-clock"`) ||
-		!strings.Contains(got, "a clock time or date") {
+	if _, err := k.Observe(t.Context(), Observation{Scope: ScopeMachine, ID: "ace", Kind: "test-hash", Machine: "ace",
+		Severity: Warning, Source: "test", Summary: "s", Headline: "ace was given 0123abcd4567ef89",
+		Explanation: "It was given.", Resolved: "Seen"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if got := out.String(); strings.Count(got, "\n") != 2 || !strings.Contains(got, `"test-clock"`) ||
+		!strings.Contains(got, "a clock time or date") || strings.Contains(got, "23:3") ||
+		!strings.Contains(got, `"test-hash"`) || strings.Contains(got, "0123abcd4567ef89") {
 		t.Errorf("the log said %q", got)
 	}
 }