diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index eac1325801..7d07bb874a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4660.	[bug]		Remove spurious "peer" from Windows socket log
+			messages. [RT #45617]
+
 4659.   [bug]           Remove spurious log message about lmdb-mapsize
 			not being supported when parsing builtin
 			configuration file. [RT #45618]
diff --git a/lib/isc/win32/socket.c b/lib/isc/win32/socket.c
index 0237f473cc..8250f5289e 100644
--- a/lib/isc/win32/socket.c
+++ b/lib/isc/win32/socket.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ socket_log(int lineno, isc_socket_t *sock, isc_sockaddr_t *address,
 		isc_sockaddr_format(address, peerbuf, sizeof(peerbuf));
 		isc_log_iwrite(isc_lctx, category, module, level,
 			       msgcat, msgset, message,
-				   "socket %p line %d peer %s: %s", sock, lineno,
+				   "socket %p line %d %s: %s", sock, lineno,
 				   peerbuf, msgbuf);
 	}