diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java
index 00ffc2a3c8d..7487e78a6f3 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DeployVMCmd.java
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     
     @Override
     public String getEventDescription() {
-        return  "starting Vm";
+        return  "starting Vm. Vm Id: "+getEntityId();
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ public class DeployVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     public void execute(){
         UserVm result;
         try {
+            UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Vm Id: "+getEntityId());
             result = _userVmService.startVirtualMachine(this);
             if (result != null) {
                 UserVmResponse response = _responseGenerator.createUserVmResponse(result);
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/user/UserContext.java b/api/src/com/cloud/user/UserContext.java
index 17df27ba20d..380c10dae7d 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/user/UserContext.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/user/UserContext.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class UserContext {
     private Account account;
     private long startEventId = 0;
     private long accountId;
+    private String eventDetails;
 
     private boolean apiServer;
 
@@ -126,4 +127,12 @@ public class UserContext {
     public void setAccountId(long accountId) {
         this.accountId = accountId;
     }
+
+    public void setEventDetails(String eventDetails) {
+        this.eventDetails = eventDetails;
+    }
+
+    public String getEventDetails() {
+        return eventDetails;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventCallback.java b/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventCallback.java
index c25ac2e7a1c..db6a8552396 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventCallback.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/event/ActionEventCallback.java
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ public class ActionEventCallback implements MethodInterceptor, AnnotationInterce
                 long userId = ctx.getCallerUserId();
                 long accountId = ctx.getAccountId();
                 long startEventId = ctx.getStartEventId();
-                EventUtils.saveStartedEvent(userId, accountId, actionEvent.eventType(), actionEvent.eventDescription(), startEventId);
+                String eventDescription = actionEvent.eventDescription();
+                if(ctx.getEventDetails() != null){
+                    eventDescription += ". "+ctx.getEventDetails();
+                }
+                EventUtils.saveStartedEvent(userId, accountId, actionEvent.eventType(), eventDescription, startEventId);
             }
         }
         return event;
@@ -81,12 +85,16 @@ public class ActionEventCallback implements MethodInterceptor, AnnotationInterce
             long userId = ctx.getCallerUserId();
             long accountId = ctx.getAccountId();
             long startEventId = ctx.getStartEventId();
+            String eventDescription = actionEvent.eventDescription();
+            if(ctx.getEventDetails() != null){
+                eventDescription += ". "+ctx.getEventDetails();
+            }            
             if(actionEvent.create()){
                 //This start event has to be used for subsequent events of this action
-                startEventId = EventUtils.saveCreatedEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_INFO, actionEvent.eventType(), "Successfully created entity for "+actionEvent.eventDescription());
+                startEventId = EventUtils.saveCreatedEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_INFO, actionEvent.eventType(), "Successfully created entity for "+eventDescription);
                 ctx.setStartEventId(startEventId);
             } else {
-                EventUtils.saveEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_INFO, actionEvent.eventType(), "Successfully completed "+actionEvent.eventDescription(), startEventId);
+                EventUtils.saveEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_INFO, actionEvent.eventType(), "Successfully completed "+eventDescription, startEventId);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -100,11 +108,15 @@ public class ActionEventCallback implements MethodInterceptor, AnnotationInterce
             long userId = ctx.getCallerUserId();
             long accountId = ctx.getAccountId();
             long startEventId = ctx.getStartEventId();
+            String eventDescription = actionEvent.eventDescription();
+            if(ctx.getEventDetails() != null){
+                eventDescription += ". "+ctx.getEventDetails();
+            }
             if(actionEvent.create()){
-                long eventId = EventUtils.saveCreatedEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_ERROR, actionEvent.eventType(), "Error while creating entity for "+actionEvent.eventDescription());
+                long eventId = EventUtils.saveCreatedEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_ERROR, actionEvent.eventType(), "Error while creating entity for "+eventDescription);
                 ctx.setStartEventId(eventId);
             } else {
-                EventUtils.saveEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_ERROR, actionEvent.eventType(), "Error while "+actionEvent.eventDescription(), startEventId);
+                EventUtils.saveEvent(userId, accountId, EventVO.LEVEL_ERROR, actionEvent.eventType(), "Error while "+eventDescription, startEventId);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index 206bc373919..b8ae46abd60 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -1878,7 +1878,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
         return true;
     }
     
-	@Override @DB @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_VM_CREATE, eventDescription="creating Vm", create=true)
+	@Override @DB @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_VM_CREATE, eventDescription="deploying Vm", create=true)
     public UserVm createVirtualMachine(DeployVMCmd cmd) throws InsufficientCapacityException, ResourceUnavailableException, ConcurrentOperationException, StorageUnavailableException, ResourceAllocationException {
         Account caller = UserContext.current().getCaller();
         
@@ -2119,6 +2119,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
         if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             s_logger.debug("Successfully allocated DB entry for " + vm);
         }
+        UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Vm Id: "+vm.getId());
         UsageEventVO usageEvent = new UsageEventVO(EventTypes.EVENT_VM_CREATE, accountId, dc.getId(), vm.getId(), vm.getName(), offering.getId(), template.getId(), null);
         _usageEventDao.persist(usageEvent);