diff --git a/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/Trace.fs b/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/Trace.fs
index 1deeedd97e5..38f22d8d866 100644
--- a/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/Trace.fs
+++ b/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/Trace.fs
@@ -181,9 +181,8 @@ let setBuildNumber number =
 let closeAllOpenTags() = Seq.iter (fun (_, tag) -> closeTagUnsafeEx TagStatus.Failed tag) openTags.Value
 
 /// Traces the begin of a target
-let traceStartTargetUnsafe name description dependencyString =
+let traceStartTargetUnsafe name description (dependencyString:string) =
     openTagUnsafe (KnownTags.Target name) description
-    if not (isNull description) then tracefn "  %s" description
 
 /// Traces the begin of a target
 [<System.Obsolete("Consider using traceTarget instead and 'use' to properly call traceEndTask in case of exceptions. To remove this warning use 'traceStartTargetUnsafe'.")>]
diff --git a/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/TraceListener.fs b/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/TraceListener.fs
index 9dc67a80a3e..49fae4340f9 100644
--- a/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/TraceListener.fs
+++ b/src/app/Fake.Core.Trace/TraceListener.fs
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ type ConsoleTraceListener(importantMessagesToStdErr, colorMap, ansiColor) =
                 write importantMessagesToStdErr color true text
             | TraceData.LogMessage(text, newLine) | TraceData.TraceMessage(text, newLine) ->
                 write false color newLine text
+            | TraceData.OpenTag(KnownTags.Target _ as tag, description) ->
+                write false color true (sprintf "Starting %s '%s'" tag.Type tag.Name)
+                if not (isNull description) then
+                    let msg = TraceData.TraceMessage("", true)
+                    let color2 = colorMap msg
+                    write false color2 true (sprintf "  %s" description)
             | TraceData.OpenTag (tag, descr) ->
                 write false color true (sprintf "Starting %s '%s': %s" tag.Type tag.Name descr)
             | TraceData.CloseTag (tag, time, status) ->