diff --git a/src/libcmd/repl.cc b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
index 4cf93c26e..4ecbf51b5 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/repl.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/repl.cc
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(string line)
 
     else if (command == ":d" || command == ":debug") {
         if (arg == "stack") {
-            std::cout << "eval stack:" << std::endl;
             for (auto iter = this->state->debugTraces.begin();
                  iter !=  this->state->debugTraces.end(); ++iter) {
                   std::cout << "\n" << "… " << iter->hint.str() << "\n";
@@ -463,7 +462,6 @@ bool NixRepl::processLine(string line)
                   }
               }                   
         } else if (arg == "env") {
-            std::cout << "env stack:" << std::endl;
             auto iter = this->state->debugTraces.begin();
             if (iter != this->state->debugTraces.end()) {
                printStaticEnvBindings(iter->expr);
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index d9c26106e..585042b9d 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -679,12 +679,15 @@ std::optional<EvalState::Doc> EvalState::getDoc(Value & v)
 void printStaticEnvBindings(const StaticEnv &se, int lvl)
 {
     std::cout << "Env level " << lvl << std::endl;
-  
+
     if (se.up) {
+        std::cout << ANSI_MAGENTA;
         for (auto i = se.vars.begin(); i != se.vars.end(); ++i)
         {
           std::cout << i->first << " ";
         }
+        std::cout << ANSI_NORMAL;
+
         std::cout << std::endl;
         std::cout << std::endl;
 
@@ -692,12 +695,14 @@ void printStaticEnvBindings(const StaticEnv &se, int lvl)
     }
     else 
     {
+        std::cout << ANSI_MAGENTA;
         // for the top level, don't print the double underscore ones; they are in builtins.
         for (auto i = se.vars.begin(); i != se.vars.end(); ++i)
         {
             if (((string)i->first).substr(0,2) != "__")
                 std::cout << i->first << " ";
         }
+        std::cout << ANSI_NORMAL;
         std::cout << std::endl;
         std::cout << std::endl;