diff --git a/lib/vagrant/capability_host.rb b/lib/vagrant/capability_host.rb
index af2bc771a..6c2161f7e 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/capability_host.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/capability_host.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ module Vagrant
     #   is a hash where the key is the name of the capability and the value
     #   is the class/module implementing it.
     def initialize_capabilities!(host, hosts, capabilities, *args)
-      @cap_logger = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::capability_host::#{self.class}")
+      @cap_logger = Log4r::Logger.new(
+        "vagrant::capability_host::#{self.class.to_s.downcase}")
 
       if host && !hosts[host]
         raise Errors::CapabilityHostExplicitNotDetected, value: host.to_s
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ module Vagrant
     protected
 
     def autodetect_capability_host(hosts, *args)
-      @cap_logger.info("Autodetecting guest for machine: #{@machine}")
+      @cap_logger.info("Autodetecting host type for #{args.inspect}")
 
       # Get the mapping of hosts with the most parents. We start searching
       # with the hosts with the most parents first.
diff --git a/lib/vagrant/guest.rb b/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
index 85a6eb8da..1265e65dc 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant/guest.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ module Vagrant
     include CapabilityHost
 
     def initialize(machine, guests, capabilities)
-      @logger       = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::guest")
       @capabilities = capabilities
       @guests       = guests
       @machine      = machine
@@ -31,8 +30,6 @@ module Vagrant
     # This will detect the proper guest OS for the machine and set up
     # the class to actually execute capabilities.
     def detect!
-      @logger.info("Detect guest for machine: #{@machine}")
-
       guest_name = @machine.config.vm.guest
       initialize_capabilities!(guest_name, @guests, @capabilities, @machine)
     end
@@ -45,5 +42,12 @@ module Vagrant
     def ready?
       !!capability_host_chain
     end
+
+    # Returns the specified or detected guest type name
+    #
+    # @return [Symbol]
+    def name
+      capability_host_chain[0][0]
+    end
   end
 end