diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91c734282..7602c1ab1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
  - #3693, Fix spread embedding errors when using the `count()` aggregate without a field - @laurenceisla
    + Fixed `"column reference <col> is ambiguous"` error when selecting `?select=...table(col,count())`
    + Fixed `"column <json_aggregate>.<alias> does not exist"` error when selecting `?select=...table(aias:count())`
+ - #3727, Clarify "listening" logs - @steve-chavez
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/docs/references/observability.rst b/docs/references/observability.rst
index 4bb665eb7..a37d4e292 100644
--- a/docs/references/observability.rst
+++ b/docs/references/observability.rst
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ For diagnostic information about the server itself, PostgREST logs to ``stderr``
    06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Starting PostgREST 12.1...
    06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Attempting to connect to the database...
    06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Successfully connected to PostgreSQL 14.10 (Ubuntu 14.10-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0, 64-bit
-   06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Listening on port 3000
-   06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Listening for notifications on the "pgrst" channel
+   06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: API server listening on port 3000
+   06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Listening for database notifications on the "pgrst" channel
    06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Config reloaded
    06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Schema cache queried in 3.8 milliseconds
    06/May/2024:08:16:11 -0500: Schema cache loaded 15 Relations, 8 Relationships, 8 Functions, 0 Domain Representations, 4 Media Type Handlers
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs b/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs
index fc3cbcaa9..44c5c4d12 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ observationMessage = \case
   AppStartObs ver ->
     "Starting PostgREST " <> T.decodeUtf8 ver <> "..."
   AppServerPortObs host port ->
-    "Listening on " <> host <> ":" <> show port
+    "API server listening on " <> host <> ":" <> show port
   AppServerUnixObs sock ->
-    "Listening on unix socket " <> show sock
+    "API server listening on unix socket " <> show sock
   DBConnectedObs ver ->
     "Successfully connected to " <> ver
   ExitUnsupportedPgVersion pgVer minPgVer ->
@@ -95,15 +95,15 @@ observationMessage = \case
   QueryPgVersionError usageErr ->
     "Failed to query the PostgreSQL version. " <> jsonMessage usageErr
   DBListenStart channel -> do
-    "Listening for notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel"
+    "Listening for database notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel"
   DBListenFail channel listenErr ->
-    "Failed listening for notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel. " <> (
+    "Failed listening for database notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel. " <> (
       case listenErr of
         Left err  -> show err
         Right err -> showListenerError err
     )
   DBListenRetry delay ->
-    "Retrying listening for notifications in " <> (show delay::Text) <> " seconds..."
+    "Retrying listening for database notifications in " <> (show delay::Text) <> " seconds..."
   DBListenerGotSCacheMsg channel ->
     "Received a schema cache reload message on the " <> show channel <> " channel"
   DBListenerGotConfigMsg channel ->
diff --git a/test/io/test_io.py b/test/io/test_io.py
index 687157339..75c2ad861 100644
--- a/test/io/test_io.py
+++ b/test/io/test_io.py
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ def test_log_postgrest_host_and_port(defaultenv):
     ) as postgrest:
         output = postgrest.read_stdout(nlines=10)
 
-        assert f"Listening on {host}:{port}" in output[2]  # output-sensitive
+        assert f"API server listening on {host}:{port}" in output[2]  # output-sensitive
 
 
 def test_succeed_w_role_having_superuser_settings(defaultenv):