diff --git a/sbin/devd/zfs.conf b/sbin/devd/zfs.conf
index edabbbf3ed59..ef6a6c12b6a1 100644
--- a/sbin/devd/zfs.conf
+++ b/sbin/devd/zfs.conf
@@ -5,73 +5,73 @@
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.checksum";
-	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS 'checksum mismatch, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path offset=$zio_offset size=$zio_size'";
+	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS checksum mismatch, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path offset=$zio_offset size=$zio_size";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.io";
-	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS 'vdev I/O failure, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path offset=$zio_offset size=$zio_size error=$zio_err'";
+	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS vdev I/O failure, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path offset=$zio_offset size=$zio_size error=$zio_err";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.data";
-	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS 'pool I/O failure, zpool=$pool error=$zio_err'";
+	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS pool I/O failure, zpool=$pool error=$zio_err";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.zpool";
-	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS 'failed to load zpool $pool'";
+	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS failed to load zpool $pool";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.vdev\..*";
-	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS 'vdev problem, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path type=$type'";
+	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS vdev problem, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path type=$type";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.io_failure";
-	action "logger -p local7.alert -t ZFS 'catastrophic pool I/O failure, zpool=$pool'";
+	action "logger -p local7.alert -t ZFS catastrophic pool I/O failure, zpool=$pool";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.probe_failure";
-	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS 'vdev probe failure, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path'";
+	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS vdev probe failure, zpool=$pool path=$vdev_path";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.log_replay";
-	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS 'pool log replay failure, zpool=$pool'";
+	action "logger -p local7.err -t ZFS pool log replay failure, zpool=$pool";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"ereport.fs.zfs.config_cache_write";
-	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS 'failed to write zpool.cache, zpool=$pool'";
+	action "logger -p local7.warn -t ZFS failed to write zpool.cache, zpool=$pool";
 };
 
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"resource.fs.zfs.removed";
-	action "logger -p local7.notice -t ZFS 'vdev is removed, pool_guid=$pool_guid vdev_guid=$vdev_guid'";
+	action "logger -p local7.notice -t ZFS vdev is removed, pool_guid=$pool_guid vdev_guid=$vdev_guid";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"resource.fs.zfs.autoreplace";
-	action "logger -p local7.info -t ZFS 'autoreplace is configured for vdev, pool_guid=$pool_guid vdev_guid=$vdev_guid'";
+	action "logger -p local7.info -t ZFS autoreplace is configured for vdev, pool_guid=$pool_guid vdev_guid=$vdev_guid";
 };
 
 notify 10 {
 	match "system"		"ZFS";
 	match "type"		"resource.fs.zfs.statechange";
-	action "logger -p local7.notice -t ZFS 'vdev state changed, pool_guid=$pool_guid vdev_guid=$vdev_guid'";
+	action "logger -p local7.notice -t ZFS vdev state changed, pool_guid=$pool_guid vdev_guid=$vdev_guid";
 };