diff --git a/backends/btor/btor.cc b/backends/btor/btor.cc
index e0283da8a..73e88c049 100644
--- a/backends/btor/btor.cc
+++ b/backends/btor/btor.cc
@@ -678,11 +678,7 @@ struct BtorWorker
 			int sid = get_bv_sid(GetSize(sig_y));
 			int nid = next_nid++;
 
-			btorf("%d state %d", nid, sid);
-			if (sig_y.is_wire() && sig_y.as_wire()->name.c_str()[0]!='$')
-				btorf(" %s\n", log_id(sig_y.as_wire()));
-			else
-				btorf("\n");
+			btorf("%d state %d%s\n", nid, sid, getinfo(cell).c_str());
 
 			if (cell->type == ID($anyconst)) {
 				int nid2 = next_nid++;
@@ -703,7 +699,7 @@ struct BtorWorker
 				int one_nid = get_sig_nid(State::S1);
 				int zero_nid = get_sig_nid(State::S0);
 				initstate_nid = next_nid++;
-				btorf("%d state %d\n", initstate_nid, sid);
+				btorf("%d state %d%s\n", initstate_nid, sid, getinfo(cell).c_str());
 				btorf("%d init %d %d %d\n", next_nid++, sid, initstate_nid, one_nid);
 				btorf("%d next %d %d %d\n", next_nid++, sid, initstate_nid, zero_nid);
 			}