diff --git a/plugins/String/plugin.py b/plugins/String/plugin.py
index b836cbb1f..6127e2755 100644
--- a/plugins/String/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/String/plugin.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class String(callbacks.Plugin):
             s = 'You probably don\'t want to match the empty string.'
             irc.error(s)
         else:
-            v = commands.process(f, text, timeout=10)
+            v = commands.process(f, text, timeout=10, pn=self.name(), cn='re')
             irc.reply(v)
     re = thread(wrap(re, [first('regexpMatcher', 'regexpReplacer'),
                    'text']))
diff --git a/src/callbacks.py b/src/callbacks.py
index 822e06616..4d9396708 100644
--- a/src/callbacks.py
+++ b/src/callbacks.py
@@ -981,11 +981,11 @@ class CommandProcess(world.SupyProcess):
     to run in processes.
     """
     def __init__(self, target=None, args=(), kwargs={}):
-        self.command = args[0]
-        self.cb = target.im_self
+        pn = kwargs.pop('pn', 'Unknown')
+        cn = kwargs.pop('cn', 'unknown')
         procName = 'Process #%s (for %s.%s)' % (world.processesSpawned,
-                                                 self.cb.name(),
-                                                 self.command)
+                                                 pn,
+                                                 cn)
         log.debug('Spawning process %s (args: %r)', procName, args)
         self.__parent = super(CommandProcess, self)
         self.__parent.__init__(target=target, name=procName,
diff --git a/src/commands.py b/src/commands.py
index 1879082c2..8b1994faf 100644
--- a/src/commands.py
+++ b/src/commands.py
@@ -70,22 +70,27 @@ def thread(f):
     return utils.python.changeFunctionName(newf, f.func_name, f.__doc__)
 
 def process(f, *args, **kwargs):
-    """Runs a function in a subprocess.
-    Takes an extra timeout argument, which, if supplied, limits the length 
-    of execution of target function to <timeout> seconds."""
-    timeout = kwargs.pop('timeout')
+    """Runs a function <f> in a subprocess.
+    
+    Several extra keyword arguments can be supplied. 
+    <pn>, the pluginname, and <cn>, the command name, are strings used to
+    create the process name, for identification purposes.
+    <timeout>, if supplied, limits the length of execution of target 
+    function to <timeout> seconds."""
+    timeout = kwargs.pop('timeout', None)
+    
     q = multiprocessing.Queue()
     def newf(f, q, *args, **kwargs):
         r = f(*args, **kwargs)
         q.put(r)
     targetArgs = (f, q,) + args
-    p = world.SupyProcess(target=newf,
+    p = callbacks.CommandProcess(target=newf,
                                 args=targetArgs, kwargs=kwargs)
     p.start()
     p.join(timeout)
     if p.is_alive():
         p.terminate()
-        q.put("Function call aborted due to timeout.")
+        q.put("%s aborted due to timeout." % (p.name,))
     try:
         v = q.get(block=False)
     except Queue.Empty: