diff --git a/crates/tor-linkspec/src/ids.rs b/crates/tor-linkspec/src/ids.rs
index 3afb36f8d..b2514817b 100644
--- a/crates/tor-linkspec/src/ids.rs
+++ b/crates/tor-linkspec/src/ids.rs
@@ -208,10 +208,9 @@ impl Redactable for RelayId {
 
 impl<'a> Redactable for RelayIdRef<'a> {
     fn display_redacted(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        use std::fmt::Display as _;
         match self {
-            RelayIdRef::Ed25519(k) => k.redacted().fmt(f),
-            RelayIdRef::Rsa(k) => k.redacted().fmt(f),
+            RelayIdRef::Ed25519(k) => write!(f, "ed25519:{}", k.redacted()),
+            RelayIdRef::Rsa(k) => write!(f, "${}", k.redacted()),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/tor-linkspec/src/owned.rs b/crates/tor-linkspec/src/owned.rs
index 52b48dfb6..879169a7f 100644
--- a/crates/tor-linkspec/src/owned.rs
+++ b/crates/tor-linkspec/src/owned.rs
@@ -343,6 +343,6 @@ mod test {
             .rsa_identity([45; 20].into());
         let ids = builder.build().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", ids), "ed25519:KioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKioqKio $2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d2d");
-        assert_eq!(format!("{}", ids.redacted()), "Ki…");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{}", ids.redacted()), "ed25519:Ki…");
     }
 }