diff --git a/pkg/expect/expect.go b/pkg/expect/expect.go
index 648dea34fa15..9d748be7e317 100644
--- a/pkg/expect/expect.go
+++ b/pkg/expect/expect.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 const DEBUG_LINES_TAIL = 40
 
 type ExpectProcess struct {
+	name string
+
 	cmd  *exec.Cmd
 	fpty *os.File
 	wg   sync.WaitGroup
@@ -48,15 +50,16 @@ type ExpectProcess struct {
 
 // NewExpect creates a new process for expect testing.
 func NewExpect(name string, arg ...string) (ep *ExpectProcess, err error) {
-	// if env[] is nil, use current system env
-	return NewExpectWithEnv(name, arg, nil)
+	// if env[] is nil, use current system env and the default command as name
+	return NewExpectWithEnv(name, arg, nil, name)
 }
 
 // NewExpectWithEnv creates a new process with user defined env variables for expect testing.
-func NewExpectWithEnv(name string, args []string, env []string) (ep *ExpectProcess, err error) {
+func NewExpectWithEnv(name string, args []string, env []string, serverProcessConfigName string) (ep *ExpectProcess, err error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
 	cmd.Env = env
 	ep = &ExpectProcess{
+		name:       serverProcessConfigName,
 		cmd:        cmd,
 		StopSignal: syscall.SIGTERM,
 	}
@@ -72,6 +75,10 @@ func NewExpectWithEnv(name string, args []string, env []string) (ep *ExpectProce
 	return ep, nil
 }
 
+func (ep *ExpectProcess) Pid() int {
+	return ep.cmd.Process.Pid
+}
+
 func (ep *ExpectProcess) read() {
 	defer ep.wg.Done()
 	printDebugLines := os.Getenv("EXPECT_DEBUG") != ""
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ func (ep *ExpectProcess) read() {
 		ep.mu.Lock()
 		if l != "" {
 			if printDebugLines {
-				fmt.Printf("%s-%d: %s", ep.cmd.Path, ep.cmd.Process.Pid, l)
+				fmt.Printf("%s (%s) (%d): %s", ep.cmd.Path, ep.name, ep.cmd.Process.Pid, l)
 			}
 			ep.lines = append(ep.lines, l)
 			ep.count++
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
index 411bc34b1ce3..36dc64418e75 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/etcdserver"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/etcdserver"
 )
 
 const EtcdProcessBasePort = 20000
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ const (
 	ClientTLSAndNonTLS
 )
 
+var testNameCleanRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]+`)
+
 func NewConfigNoTLS() *EtcdProcessClusterConfig {
 	return &EtcdProcessClusterConfig{ClusterSize: 3,
 		InitialToken: "new",
@@ -284,7 +288,8 @@ func (cfg *EtcdProcessClusterConfig) EtcdServerProcessConfigs(tb testing.TB) []*
 		}
 
 		purl := url.URL{Scheme: cfg.PeerScheme(), Host: fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port+1)}
-		name := fmt.Sprintf("test-%d", i)
+
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("%s-test-%d", testNameCleanRegex.ReplaceAllString(tb.Name(), ""), i)
 		dataDirPath := cfg.DataDirPath
 		if cfg.DataDirPath == "" {
 			dataDirPath = tb.TempDir()
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster_proxy.go b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster_proxy.go
index 2c4e603e13d2..9920ede874da 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster_proxy.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster_proxy.go
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
 )
 
 type proxyEtcdProcess struct {
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ func (p *proxyEtcdProcess) Logs() LogsExpect {
 
 type proxyProc struct {
 	lg       *zap.Logger
+	name     string
 	execPath string
 	args     []string
 	ep       string
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ func (pp *proxyProc) start() error {
 	if pp.proc != nil {
 		panic("already started")
 	}
-	proc, err := SpawnCmdWithLogger(pp.lg, append([]string{pp.execPath}, pp.args...), nil)
+	proc, err := SpawnCmdWithLogger(pp.lg, append([]string{pp.execPath}, pp.args...), nil, pp.name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ func newProxyV2Proc(cfg *EtcdServerProcessConfig) *proxyV2Proc {
 	}
 	return &proxyV2Proc{
 		proxyProc: proxyProc{
+			name:     cfg.Name,
 			lg:       cfg.lg,
 			execPath: cfg.ExecPath,
 			args:     append(args, cfg.TlsArgs...),
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@ func newProxyV3Proc(cfg *EtcdServerProcessConfig) *proxyV3Proc {
 
 	return &proxyV3Proc{
 		proxyProc{
+			name:     cfg.Name,
 			lg:       cfg.lg,
 			execPath: cfg.ExecPath,
 			args:     append(args, tlsArgs...),
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go
index d80710c4048c..69426066e3f7 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_process.go
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3/fileutil"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
-	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -100,33 +101,33 @@ func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Start() error {
 		panic("already started")
 	}
 	ep.cfg.lg.Info("starting server...", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
-	proc, err := SpawnCmdWithLogger(ep.cfg.lg, append([]string{ep.cfg.ExecPath}, ep.cfg.Args...), ep.cfg.EnvVars)
+	proc, err := SpawnCmdWithLogger(ep.cfg.lg, append([]string{ep.cfg.ExecPath}, ep.cfg.Args...), ep.cfg.EnvVars, ep.cfg.Name)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	ep.proc = proc
 	err = ep.waitReady()
 	if err == nil {
-		ep.cfg.lg.Info("started server.", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
+		ep.cfg.lg.Info("started server.", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name), zap.Int("pid", ep.proc.Pid()))
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
 func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Restart() error {
-	ep.cfg.lg.Info("restaring server...", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
+	ep.cfg.lg.Info("restarting server...", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
 	if err := ep.Stop(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	ep.donec = make(chan struct{})
 	err := ep.Start()
 	if err == nil {
-		ep.cfg.lg.Info("restared server", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
+		ep.cfg.lg.Info("restarted server", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
 func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Stop() (err error) {
-	ep.cfg.lg.Info("stoping server...", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
+	ep.cfg.lg.Info("stopping server...", zap.String("name", ep.cfg.Name))
 	if ep == nil || ep.proc == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Config() *EtcdServerProcessConfig { return ep.cfg }
 
 func (ep *EtcdServerProcess) Logs() LogsExpect {
 	if ep.proc == nil {
-		ep.cfg.lg.Panic("Please grap logs before process is stopped")
+		ep.cfg.lg.Panic("Please grab logs before process is stopped")
 	}
 	return ep.proc
 }
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go
index f8d1e472b5c3..ab86df150a21 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn.go
@@ -15,10 +15,17 @@
 package e2e
 
 import (
-	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
+	"strings"
+
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
 )
 
 func SpawnCmd(args []string, envVars map[string]string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, error) {
-	return SpawnCmdWithLogger(zap.NewNop(), args, envVars)
+	return SpawnNamedCmd(strings.Join(args, "_"), args, envVars)
+}
+
+func SpawnNamedCmd(processName string, args []string, envVars map[string]string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, error) {
+	return SpawnCmdWithLogger(zap.NewNop(), args, envVars, processName)
 }
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn_nocov.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn_nocov.go
index 6df08539de69..d050e8b52218 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn_nocov.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcd_spawn_nocov.go
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 
-	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/expect"
 )
 
 const noOutputLineCount = 0 // regular binaries emit no extra lines
 
-func SpawnCmdWithLogger(lg *zap.Logger, args []string, envVars map[string]string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, error) {
+func SpawnCmdWithLogger(lg *zap.Logger, args []string, envVars map[string]string, name string) (*expect.ExpectProcess, error) {
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -35,9 +36,17 @@ func SpawnCmdWithLogger(lg *zap.Logger, args []string, envVars map[string]string
 	env := mergeEnvVariables(envVars)
 	if strings.HasSuffix(args[0], "/etcdctl3") {
 		env = append(env, "ETCDCTL_API=3")
-		lg.Info("spawning process with ETCDCTL_API=3", zap.Strings("args", args), zap.String("working-dir", wd), zap.Strings("environment-variables", env))
-		return expect.NewExpectWithEnv(CtlBinPath, args[1:], env)
+		lg.Info("spawning process with ETCDCTL_API=3",
+			zap.Strings("args", args),
+			zap.String("working-dir", wd),
+			zap.String("name", name),
+			zap.Strings("environment-variables", env))
+		return expect.NewExpectWithEnv(CtlBinPath, args[1:], env, name)
 	}
-	lg.Info("spawning process", zap.Strings("args", args), zap.String("working-dir", wd), zap.Strings("environment-variables", env))
-	return expect.NewExpectWithEnv(args[0], args[1:], env)
+	lg.Info("spawning process",
+		zap.Strings("args", args),
+		zap.String("working-dir", wd),
+		zap.String("name", name),
+		zap.Strings("environment-variables", env))
+	return expect.NewExpectWithEnv(args[0], args[1:], env, name)
 }