diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
         # low-level repo state (for example, changelog) before extensions.
         self.prereposetups = prereposetups or []
 
+        # store the parsed and canonical command
+        self.canonical_command = None
+
     def _runexithandlers(self):
         exc = None
         handlers = self.ui._exithandlers
@@ -243,7 +246,8 @@
                 req.ui.log('uiblocked', 'ui blocked ms',
                            **pycompat.strkwargs(req.ui._blockedtimes))
             req.ui.log("commandfinish", "%s exited %d after %0.2f seconds\n",
-                       msg, ret & 255, duration)
+                       msg, ret & 255, duration,
+                       canonical_command=req.canonical_command)
             try:
                 req._runexithandlers()
             except: # exiting, so no re-raises
@@ -853,6 +857,9 @@
         fullargs = args
         cmd, func, args, options, cmdoptions = _parse(lui, args)
 
+        # store the canonical command name in request object for later access
+        req.canonical_command = cmd
+
         if options["config"] != req.earlyoptions["config"]:
             raise error.Abort(_("option --config may not be abbreviated!"))
         if options["cwd"] != req.earlyoptions["cwd"]:
diff --git a/tests/test-logtoprocess.t b/tests/test-logtoprocess.t
--- a/tests/test-logtoprocess.t
+++ b/tests/test-logtoprocess.t
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   > configitem('logtoprocess', 'foo',
   >     default=None,
   > )
-  > @command(b'foo', [])
+  > @command(b'foobar', [])
   > def foo(ui, repo):
   >     ui.log('foo', 'a message: %s\n', 'spam')
   > EOF
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
   >     echo "\$EVENT";
   >     echo "\$MSG1";
   >     echo "\$MSG2";
-  >     echo "\$MSG3") > $TESTTMP/commandfinish.log
+  >     echo "\$MSG3";
+  >     echo "canonical: \$OPT_CANONICAL_COMMAND") > $TESTTMP/commandfinish.log
   > foo=(echo 'logtoprocess foo output:';
   >     echo "\$EVENT";
   >     echo "\$MSG1";
@@ -46,22 +47,23 @@
 ui.log('commandfinish') call. The foo command also uses ui.log.
 
 Use sort to avoid ordering issues between the various processes we spawn:
-  $ hg foo
+  $ hg fooba
   $ sleep 0.2
   $ cat $TESTTMP/command.log | sort
   
   command
-  foo
-  foo
+  fooba
+  fooba
   logtoprocess command output:
 
 #if no-chg
   $ cat $TESTTMP/commandfinish.log | sort
   
   0
+  canonical: foobar
   commandfinish
-  foo
-  foo exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
+  fooba
+  fooba exited 0 after * seconds (glob)
   logtoprocess commandfinish output:
   $ cat $TESTTMP/foo.log | sort