diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 29d7b03a3422802d025ddf6539a090000873e0e0..0210157cc3ea09ba22b3575d7cc1238e2c9afdf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * Patch system now applies all patches in the `patch/` directory. Versioning for patches should be handled by git,
   not by require.
 * The loop over `EPICSVERSION` in `driver.makefile` has been removed; various other cleanup has been performed.
+* Improved output during IOC startup
 
 ## [4.0.0]
 
diff --git a/require-ess/tools/iocsh b/require-ess/tools/iocsh
index 9201e0bbb8f636fbe7a5e22c12a4e5345af51aa2..c14f76e9977310bf03cf75b2c64b80d5f8f52f13 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/iocsh
+++ b/require-ess/tools/iocsh
@@ -105,19 +105,23 @@ IOC_STARTUP=$(mktemp -p "${TMP_PATH}" -q --suffix=_iocsh_${SC_VERSION}) || die 1
 # EPICS_DRIVER_PATH defined in iocsh and startup.script_common
 # Remember, driver is equal to module, so EPICS_DRIVER_PATH is the module directory
 # In our jargon. It is the same as ${EPICS_MODULES}
+print_iocsh_header
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2064
 trap "softIoc_end ${IOC_STARTUP}" EXIT HUP INT TERM
 
 {
   printIocEnv
-  printf "# Set REQUIRE_IOC for its internal PVs\n"
+
+  print_header_line "IOC startup commands"
+
+  printf "# // Set REQUIRE_IOC for its internal PVs\n"
   printf "epicsEnvSet REQUIRE_IOC \"%s\"\n" "${REQUIRE_IOC}"
   printf "#\n"
-  printf "# Enable an exit subroutine for sotfioc\n"
+  printf "# // Enable an exit subroutine for sotfioc\n"
   printf "dbLoadRecords \"%s/db/softIocExit.db\" \"IOC=%s\"\n" "${EPICS_BASE}" "${REQUIRE_IOC}"
   printf "#\n"
-  printf "# Set E3_IOCSH_TOP for the absolute path where %s is executed.\n" "${SC_SCRIPTNAME}"
+  printf "# // Set E3_IOCSH_TOP for the absolute path where %s is executed.\n" "${SC_SCRIPTNAME}"
   printf "epicsEnvSet E3_IOCSH_TOP \"%s\"\n" "${IOCSH_TOP}"
   printf "#\n"
 
@@ -125,7 +129,7 @@ trap "softIoc_end ${IOC_STARTUP}" EXIT HUP INT TERM
 
   loadFiles "$@"
 
-  printf "# Set the IOC Prompt String One \n"
+  printf "# // Set the IOC Prompt String\n"
   printf "epicsEnvSet IOCSH_PS1 \"%s\"\n" "$IOCSH_PS1"
   printf "#\n"
 
@@ -134,7 +138,6 @@ trap "softIoc_end ${IOC_STARTUP}" EXIT HUP INT TERM
   fi
 
   if [ "$init" != NO ]; then
-    printf "# \n"
     printf "iocInit\n"
   fi
 
diff --git a/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash b/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash
index 9c4b12e9ba37f92e273fc69c2380374e7b850594..d1443114a85fd1d8b06126f4c607fe44b9741e3c 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash
+++ b/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash
@@ -90,71 +90,43 @@ function version() {
   exit
 }
 
-# This function doesn't work
-function printParamShow() {
-  declare -a var_list=()
-  var_list+=(EPICS_CA_REPEATER_PORT)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_CA_SERVER_PORT)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_TIMEZONE)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_TS_NTP_INET)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_AR_PORT)
-
-  var_list+=(EPICS_VERSION_MAJOR)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_VERSION_MIDDLE)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_VERSION_MINOR)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_VERSION_PATCH)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_VERSION_FULL)
+function print_iocsh_header() {
 
-  for var in "${var_list[@]}"; do
-    printf "# %s=\"%s\"\n" "$var" "${!var}"
+  printf "███████╗██████╗     ██╗ ██████╗  ██████╗    ███████╗██╗  ██╗███████╗██╗     ██╗     \n"
+  printf "██╔════╝╚════██╗    ██║██╔═══██╗██╔════╝    ██╔════╝██║  ██║██╔════╝██║     ██║     \n"
+  printf "█████╗   █████╔╝    ██║██║   ██║██║         ███████╗███████║█████╗  ██║     ██║     \n"
+  printf "██╔══╝   ╚═══██╗    ██║██║   ██║██║         ╚════██║██╔══██║██╔══╝  ██║     ██║     \n"
+  printf "███████╗██████╔╝    ██║╚██████╔╝╚██████╗    ███████║██║  ██║███████╗███████╗███████╗\n"
+  printf "╚══════╝╚═════╝     ╚═╝ ╚═════╝  ╚═════╝    ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚══════╝╚══════╝\n"
+  printf "\n"
+
+}
+
+function print_header_line() {
+  printf "############################################################################\n"
+  printf "##  %s\n" "${1}"
+  printf "############################################################################\n"
+}
+
+function print_vars() {
+  print_header_line "$1"
+  shift
+  for var in "$@"; do
+    printf "# %s = \"%s\"\n" "${var}" "${!var}"
   done
   printf "#\n"
 }
 
 function printIocEnv() {
-  declare -a var_list=()
-  var_list+=(HOSTDISPLAY)
-  var_list+=(WINDOWID)
-  var_list+=(PWD)
-  var_list+=(USER)
-  var_list+=(LOGNAME)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_BASE)
-  # REQUIRE
 
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_NAME)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_VERSION)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_LOCATION)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_BIN)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_DB)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_DBD)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_INC)
-  var_list+=(E3_REQUIRE_LIB)
-
-  # EPICS and others
-  var_list+=(EPICS_DRIVER_PATH)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_PVA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST)
-  var_list+=(EPICS_PVA_ADDR_LIST)
-  var_list+=(PATH)
-
-  printf "#\n"
   printf "# Start at \"%s\"\n" "$(date +%Y-W%V-%b%d-%H%M-%S-%Z)"
-  printf "#\n"
-  printf "# Version information:\n"
   printf "# %s : %s%s\n" "European Spallation Source ERIC" "$SC_SCRIPTNAME" ${SC_VERSION:+" ($SC_VERSION)"}
   printf "#\n"
 
-  printf "# --->--> snip -->--> \n"
-  printf "# Please Use Version and other environment variables\n"
-  printf "# in order to report or debug this shell\n"
-  printf "#\n"
-  for var in "${var_list[@]}"; do
-    printf "# %s=\"%s\"\n" "$var" "${!var}"
-  done
-  printf "# --->--> snip -->--> \n"
-  printf "#\n"
+  print_vars "Shell and environment variables" PWD USER LOGNAME PATH
+  print_vars "EPICS variables" EPICS_BASE EPICS_HOST_ARCH EPICS_DRIVER_PATH EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST EPICS_PVA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST EPICS_PVA_ADDR_LIST
+  print_vars "e3-specific variables" E3_REQUIRE_VERSION E3_REQUIRE_LOCATION E3_REQUIRE_BIN E3_REQUIRE_DB E3_REQUIRE_DBD E3_REQUIRE_INC E3_REQUIRE_LIB
+
 }
 
 # Ctrl+c : OK
@@ -244,9 +216,8 @@ function loadRequire() {
   local require_lib=${E3_REQUIRE_LIB}/${EPICS_HOST_ARCH}/${libName}
   local require_dbd=${E3_REQUIRE_DBD}/${E3_REQUIRE_NAME}.dbd
 
-  printf "# \n"
-  printf "# Load %s module, which has the version %s\n" "${E3_REQUIRE_NAME}" "${E3_REQUIRE_VERSION}"
-  printf "# \n"
+  printf "# // Load %s module, version %s\n" "${E3_REQUIRE_NAME}" "${E3_REQUIRE_VERSION}"
+  printf "#\n"
   printf "dlload %s\n" "${require_lib}"
   printf "dbLoadDatabase %s\n" "${require_dbd}"
   printf "%s_registerRecordDeviceDriver\n\n" "${E3_REQUIRE_NAME%-*}"