diff --git a/packages/backend/src/Tabulators/Star.ts b/packages/backend/src/Tabulators/Star.ts
index 74a01363..e1d17ef8 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/Tabulators/Star.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/Tabulators/Star.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ export function runStarRound(summaryData: starSummaryData, remainingCandidates:
 
   roundResults.logs.push({
       key: 'tabulation_logs.star.automatic_runoff_start',
+      candidate_a: finalists[0].name,
+      candidate_b: finalists[1].name,
   })
 
   if (leftVotes > rightVotes){
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/i18n/en.yaml b/packages/frontend/src/i18n/en.yaml
index a3c64d50..c33dec10 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ tabulation_logs:
     random_tiebreak_end: '' # not used
 
     # Automatic runoff
-    automatic_runoff_start: Advance to automatic runoff round between {{winner}} and {{loser}}
+    automatic_runoff_start: >
+      Advance to automatic runoff round between {{candidate_a}} and {{candidate_b}}
     automatic_runoff_win: >
       {{winner}} is preferred over {{loser}} by {{winner_votes}} votes to {{loser_votes}}, and {{equal_votes}} voters have an [equal preference](https://www.starvoting.org/equal_preference).
     automatic_runoff_tie: >