diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 705e94fabb..b6888f9750 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -797,9 +797,6 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPool(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const CTransa
         g_signals.EraseTransaction(ptxOld->GetHash());
     g_signals.SyncTransaction(hash, tx, NULL);
 
-    LogPrint("mempool", "AcceptToMemoryPool: : accepted %s (poolsz %"PRIszu")\n",
-             hash.ToString().c_str(),
-             pool.mapTx.size());
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -3100,8 +3097,10 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
             pfrom->nVersion = 300;
         if (!vRecv.empty())
             vRecv >> addrFrom >> nNonce;
-        if (!vRecv.empty())
+        if (!vRecv.empty()) {
             vRecv >> pfrom->strSubVer;
+            pfrom->cleanSubVer = SanitizeString(pfrom->strSubVer);
+        }
         if (!vRecv.empty())
             vRecv >> pfrom->nStartingHeight;
         if (!vRecv.empty())
@@ -3168,7 +3167,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
 
         pfrom->fSuccessfullyConnected = true;
 
-        LogPrintf("receive version message: version %d, blocks=%d, us=%s, them=%s, peer=%s\n", pfrom->nVersion, pfrom->nStartingHeight, addrMe.ToString().c_str(), addrFrom.ToString().c_str(), pfrom->addr.ToString().c_str());
+        LogPrintf("receive version message: %s: version %d, blocks=%d, us=%s, them=%s, peer=%s\n", pfrom->cleanSubVer.c_str(), pfrom->nVersion, pfrom->nStartingHeight, addrMe.ToString().c_str(), addrFrom.ToString().c_str(), pfrom->addr.ToString().c_str());
 
         AddTimeData(pfrom->addr, nTime);
 
@@ -3427,6 +3426,12 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
             vWorkQueue.push_back(inv.hash);
             vEraseQueue.push_back(inv.hash);
 
+
+            LogPrint("mempool", "AcceptToMemoryPool: %s %s : accepted %s (poolsz %"PRIszu")\n",
+                pfrom->addr.ToString().c_str(), pfrom->cleanSubVer.c_str(),
+                tx.GetHash().ToString().c_str(),
+                mempool.mapTx.size());
+
             // Recursively process any orphan transactions that depended on this one
             for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vWorkQueue.size(); i++)
             {
@@ -3475,7 +3480,10 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
         }
         int nDoS = 0;
         if (state.IsInvalid(nDoS))
-        {
+        { 
+            LogPrint("mempool", "%s from %s %s was not accepted into the memory pool: %s\n", tx.GetHash().ToString().c_str(), 
+                pfrom->addr.ToString().c_str(), pfrom->cleanSubVer.c_str(),
+                state.GetRejectReason().c_str());
             pfrom->PushMessage("reject", strCommand, state.GetRejectCode(),
                                state.GetRejectReason(), inv.hash);
             if (nDoS > 0)
@@ -3612,7 +3620,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
         if (!(sProblem.empty())) {
             LogPrint("net", "pong %s %s: %s, %"PRIx64" expected, %"PRIx64" received, %"PRIszu" bytes\n",
                 pfrom->addr.ToString().c_str(),
-                pfrom->strSubVer.c_str(),
+                pfrom->cleanSubVer.c_str(),
                 sProblem.c_str(),
                 pfrom->nPingNonceSent,
                 nonce,
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index c547cf3337..fcef9feea0 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void CNode::copyStats(CNodeStats &stats)
     X(nTimeConnected);
     X(addrName);
     X(nVersion);
-    X(strSubVer);
+    X(cleanSubVer);
     X(fInbound);
     X(nStartingHeight);
     X(nMisbehavior);
diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 278462a0bc..effce35dc4 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public:
     int64_t nTimeConnected;
     std::string addrName;
     int nVersion;
-    std::string strSubVer;
+    std::string cleanSubVer;
     bool fInbound;
     int nStartingHeight;
     int nMisbehavior;
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ public:
     std::string addrName;
     CService addrLocal;
     int nVersion;
-    std::string strSubVer;
+    // strSubVer is whatever byte array we read from the wire. However, this field is intended 
+    // to be printed out, displayed to humans in various forms and so on. So we sanitize it and
+    // store the sanitized version in cleanSubVer. The original should be used when dealing with
+    // the network or wire types and the cleaned string used when displayed or logged.
+    std::string strSubVer, cleanSubVer;
     bool fOneShot;
     bool fClient;
     bool fInbound;
diff --git a/src/rpcnet.cpp b/src/rpcnet.cpp
index 9f8dea80b0..8f0df798b4 100644
--- a/src/rpcnet.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcnet.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,10 @@ Value getpeerinfo(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
         if (stats.dPingWait > 0.0)
             obj.push_back(Pair("pingwait", stats.dPingWait));
         obj.push_back(Pair("version", stats.nVersion));
-        obj.push_back(Pair("subver", stats.strSubVer));
+        // Use the sanitized form of subver here, to avoid tricksy remote peers from
+        // corrupting or modifiying the JSON output by putting special characters in
+        // their ver message.
+        obj.push_back(Pair("subver", stats.cleanSubVer));
         obj.push_back(Pair("inbound", stats.fInbound));
         obj.push_back(Pair("startingheight", stats.nStartingHeight));
         obj.push_back(Pair("banscore", stats.nMisbehavior));