diff --git a/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl b/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl
index f8c87e5..18bd9a1 100755
--- a/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl
+++ b/galanga/nagios-irc-bot.pl
@@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ while (1) {
                 $renot{$host} = time();
 
                 my $id = ackable($host,undef,$state,$output);
+		$output =~ s/^\s*CRITICAL\s*//g;
+		$output =~ s/^\s*WARNING\s*//g;
+		$output =~ s/^\s*OK\s*//g;
                 $msg = $state_to_color->{$state} . "$id$host is $state: $output";
             }
             else {