diff --git a/.changeset/better-hats-cross.md b/.changeset/better-hats-cross.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99444b7fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/better-hats-cross.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-defaults': patch
+---
+
+Adjusted the log line wording of task worker starting
diff --git a/docs/backend-system/core-services/root-logger.md b/docs/backend-system/core-services/root-logger.md
index ba2ab05197..979657460c 100644
--- a/docs/backend-system/core-services/root-logger.md
+++ b/docs/backend-system/core-services/root-logger.md
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ backend:
           type: incomingRequest
         level: warn
 
-      # Ignore logs starting with "Task worker starting", unless they're warnings or errors
+      # Ignore logs starting with "Received registration for scheduler task", unless they're warnings or errors
       - matchers:
-          message: ['/^Task worker starting/']
+          message: ['/^Received registration for scheduler task/']
         level: warn
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/plugins/integrating-search-into-plugins.md b/docs/plugins/integrating-search-into-plugins.md
index d6f2037529..0b3bc583eb 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/integrating-search-into-plugins.md
+++ b/docs/plugins/integrating-search-into-plugins.md
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ You can also check out the documentation on [how to test Backstage plugin module
 Run `yarn start` in the root folder of your Backstage project and look for logs like these:
 
 ```sh
-[backend]: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z search info Task worker starting: search_index_faq_snippets, {"version":2,"cadence":"PT10M","initialDelayDuration":"PT3S","timeoutAfterDuration":"PT15M"} task=search_index_faq_snippets
+[backend]: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z search info Received registration for scheduler task: search_index_faq_snippets, {"version":2,"cadence":"PT10M","initialDelayDuration":"PT3S","timeoutAfterDuration":"PT15M"} task=search_index_faq_snippets
 [backend]: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z search info Collating documents for faq-snippets via FaqSnippetsCollatorFactory documentType=faq-snippets
 [backend]: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z search info Fetching faq snippets from https://backstage.example.biz/faq-snippets
 [backend]: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z search info Collating documents for faq-snippets succeeded documentType=faq-snippets
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.ts
index 21fa75cae9..3f9b534e6f 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/LocalTaskWorker.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ export class LocalTaskWorker {
 
   start(settings: TaskSettingsV2, options: { signal: AbortSignal }) {
     this.logger.info(
-      `Task worker starting: ${this.taskId}, ${JSON.stringify(settings)}`,
+      `Received registration for scheduler task: ${
+        this.taskId
+      }, ${JSON.stringify(settings)}`,
     );
 
     (async () => {
diff --git a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.ts b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.ts
index eebe1a149f..f8e4c60557 100644
--- a/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-defaults/src/entrypoints/scheduler/lib/TaskWorker.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ export class TaskWorker {
     }
 
     this.logger.info(
-      `Task worker starting: ${this.taskId}, ${JSON.stringify(settings)}`,
+      `Received registration for scheduler task: ${
+        this.taskId
+      }, ${JSON.stringify(settings)}`,
     );
 
     let workCheckFrequency = this.workCheckFrequency;