diff --git a/nmap.cc b/nmap.cc
index 9c46c3d80..5194acfd9 100644
--- a/nmap.cc
+++ b/nmap.cc
@@ -1893,7 +1893,7 @@ int nmap_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       log_write(LOG_XML, "<host starttime=\"%lu\" endtime=\"%lu\">",
 		(unsigned long) currenths->StartTime(),
 		(unsigned long) currenths->EndTime());
-      write_host_status(currenths, o.resolve_all);
+      write_host_header(currenths);
       if (currenths->timedOut(NULL)) {
 	log_write(LOG_PLAIN,"Skipping host %s due to host timeout\n", 
 		  currenths->NameIP(hostname, sizeof(hostname)));
diff --git a/output.cc b/output.cc
index 6cc23615b..6ee307457 100644
--- a/output.cc
+++ b/output.cc
@@ -626,9 +626,6 @@ void printportoutput(Target * currenths, PortList * plist) {
     log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "Scanned at %s for %lds\n",
               tbufs, tm_sece - tm_secs);
   }
-  log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "Interesting %s on %s:\n",
-            (o.ipprotscan) ? "protocols" : "ports",
-            currenths->NameIP(hostname, sizeof(hostname)));
   log_write(LOG_MACHINE, "Host: %s (%s)", currenths->targetipstr(),
             currenths->HostName());
 
@@ -1423,6 +1420,19 @@ static char *num_to_string_sigdigits(double d, int digits) {
 
   return buf;
 }
+ 
+/* Writes a heading for a full scan report ("Nmap scan report for..."),
+   including host status and DNS records. */
+void write_host_header(Target *currenths) {
+  log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "Nmap scan report for %s\n", currenths->NameIP());
+  write_host_status(currenths, o.resolve_all);
+  /* Print reverse DNS if it differs. */
+  if (currenths->TargetName() != NULL
+      && strcmp(currenths->TargetName(), currenths->HostName()) != 0) {
+    log_write(LOG_PLAIN, "rDNS record for %s: %s\n",
+      currenths->targetipstr(), currenths->HostName());
+  }
+}
 
 /* Writes host status info to the log streams (including STDOUT).  An
    example is "Host: 10.11.12.13 (foo.bar.example.com)\tStatus: Up\n" to
diff --git a/output.h b/output.h
index 352f62c63..404b333d0 100644
--- a/output.h
+++ b/output.h
@@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ void output_ports_to_machine_parseable_output(struct scan_lists *ports,
    requested and the ports which it will scan for */
 void output_xml_scaninfo_records(struct scan_lists *ports);
 
+/* Writes a heading for a full scan report ("Nmap scan report for..."),
+   including host status and DNS records. */
+void write_host_header(Target *currenths);
+
 /* Writes host status info to the log streams (including STDOUT).  An
    example is "Host: 10.11.12.13 (foo.bar.example.com)\tStatus: Up\n" to 
    machine log.  resolve_all should be passed nonzero if the user asked