diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index 15b88782b..97fd1040f 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.68 -
 ==================================
+  Fix lvm2-monitor init script to use normalized output when using vgs.
   Add test for max length (DM_MAX_TYPE_NAME) of target type name.
   Include a copy of kernel DM documentation in doc/kernel.
   Improve man page style for dmsetup.
diff --git a/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in b/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in
index 0988511fb..41d8c6fd8 100644
--- a/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in
+++ b/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_red_hat.in
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ start()
 {
 	ret=0
 	# TODO do we want to separate out already active groups only?
-	VGSLIST=`$VGS --noheadings -o name 2> /dev/null`
+	VGSLIST=`$VGS --noheadings -o name --config 'log{command_names=0 prefix="  "}' 2> /dev/null`
 	for vg in $VGSLIST
 	do
 	    action "Starting monitoring for VG $vg:" $VGCHANGE --monitor y --poll y $vg || ret=$?
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stop()
 	   echo "Not stopping monitoring, this is a dangerous operation. Please use force-stop to override."
 	   return 1
 	fi
-	VGSLIST=`$VGS --noheadings -o name 2> /dev/null`
+	VGSLIST=`$VGS --noheadings -o name --config 'log{command_names=0 prefix="  "}' 2> /dev/null`
 	for vg in $VGSLIST
 	do
 	    action "Stopping monitoring for VG $vg:" $VGCHANGE --monitor n $vg || ret=$?
diff --git a/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_rhel4 b/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_rhel4
index 0a42f552b..33a2f7426 100644
--- a/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_rhel4
+++ b/scripts/lvm2_monitoring_init_rhel4
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ start()
 {
 	ret=0
 	# TODO do we want to separate out already active groups only?
-	VGS=`vgs --noheadings -o name 2> /dev/null`
+	VGS=`vgs --noheadings -o name --config 'log{command_names=0 prefix="  "}' 2> /dev/null`
 	for vg in $VGS
 	do
 	    action "Starting monitoring for VG $vg:" $VGCHANGE --monitor y $vg || ret=$?
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ stop()
 	   echo "Not stopping monitoring, this is a dangerous operation. Please use force-stop to override."
 	   return 1
 	fi
-	VGS=`vgs --noheadings -o name 2> /dev/null`
+	VGS=`vgs --noheadings -o name --config 'log{command_names=0 prefix="  "}' 2> /dev/null`
 	for vg in $VGS
 	do
 	    action "Stopping monitoring for VG $vg:" $VGCHANGE --monitor n $vg || ret=$?