diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts
index d1ef126aba40e..52a0f5f7b30a8 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/makeEvent.ts
@@ -505,7 +505,20 @@ export const formatters: Formatters = {
   [eventCodes.SESSION_START]: {
     type: 'session.start',
     desc: 'Session Started',
-    format: ({ user, sid }) => `User [${user}] has started a session [${sid}]`,
+    format: event => {
+      const user = event.user || '';
+
+      if (event.proto === 'kube') {
+        if (!event.kubernetes_cluster) {
+          return `User [${user}] has started a Kubernetes session [${event.sid}]`;
+        }
+        return `User [${user}] has started a session [${event.sid}] on Kubernetes cluster [${event.kubernetes_cluster}]`;
+      }
+
+      const node =
+        event.server_hostname || event.server_addr || event.server_id;
+      return `User [${user}] has started a session [${event.sid}] on node [${node}] `;
+    },
   },
   [eventCodes.SESSION_UPLOAD]: {
     type: 'session.upload',
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts
index fbcbf635b2bd9..4d0a7a109ea71 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/services/audit/types.ts
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ export type RawEvents = {
     typeof eventCodes.SESSION_START,
     {
       sid: string;
+      kubernetes_cluster: string;
+      proto: string;
+      server_hostname: string;
+      server_addr: string;
+      server_id: string;
     }
   >;
   [eventCodes.SESSION_REJECT]: RawEvent<