diff --git a/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp b/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp
index 508b06fde0..07190cbb88 100644
--- a/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/logger/logger.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,11 @@ void Logger::dump_config() {
 #endif
 #ifdef USE_ESPHOME_TASK_LOG_BUFFER
   if (this->log_buffer_) {
-    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Task Log Buffer Size: %u", static_cast<unsigned int>(this->log_buffer_->size()));
+#ifdef USE_HOST
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Task Log Buffer Slots: %u", static_cast<unsigned int>(this->log_buffer_->size()));
+#else
+    ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Task Log Buffer Size: %u bytes", static_cast<unsigned int>(this->log_buffer_->size()));
+#endif
   }
 #endif