diff --git a/src/Task.cpp b/src/Task.cpp
index 884e7f23e..d53f8a540 100644
--- a/src/Task.cpp
+++ b/src/Task.cpp
@@ -1177,6 +1177,22 @@ void Task::getDependencies (std::vector <std::string>& all) const
   all.clear ();
   split (all, get ("depends"), ',');
 }
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void Task::getDependencies (std::vector <Task>& all) const
+{
+  std::vector <std::string> deps;
+  split (deps, get ("depends"), ',');
+
+  all.clear ();
+
+  for (auto& dep : deps)
+  {
+    Task task;
+    context.tdb2.get (dep, task);
+    all.push_back (task);
+  }
+}
 #endif
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Task.h b/src/Task.h
index 47245b588..474049179 100644
--- a/src/Task.h
+++ b/src/Task.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public:
   void removeDependency (const std::string&);
   void getDependencies (std::vector <int>&) const;
   void getDependencies (std::vector <std::string>&) const;
+  void getDependencies (std::vector <Task>&) const;
 
   void getUDAOrphans (std::vector <std::string>&) const;
 
diff --git a/src/feedback.cpp b/src/feedback.cpp
index 213eb3b09..49f5a4556 100644
--- a/src/feedback.cpp
+++ b/src/feedback.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ extern Context context;
 
 static void countTasks (const std::vector <Task>&, const std::string&, int&, int&);
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Converts a vector of tasks to a human-readable string that represents the tasks.
+std::string taskIdentifiers (const std::vector <Task>& tasks)
+{
+  std::vector <std::string> identifiers;
+  for (auto task: tasks)
+    identifiers.push_back (task.identifier (true));
+
+  std::string result;
+  join (result, ", ", identifiers);
+
+  return result;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 std::string taskDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
 {
@@ -72,13 +86,11 @@ std::string taskDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
   {
     if (name == "depends")
     {
-      std::vector <int> deps_after;
+      std::vector <Task> deps_after;
       after.getDependencies (deps_after);
-      std::string to;
-      join (to, ", ", deps_after);
 
       out << "  - "
-          << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_DEP_SET, to)
+          << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_DEP_SET, taskIdentifiers (deps_after))
           << "\n";
     }
     else
@@ -100,15 +112,13 @@ std::string taskDifferences (const Task& before, const Task& after)
     {
       if (name == "depends")
       {
-        std::vector <int> deps_before;
+        std::vector <Task> deps_before;
         before.getDependencies (deps_before);
-        std::string from;
-        join (from, ", ", deps_before);
+        std::string from = taskIdentifiers (deps_before);
 
-        std::vector <int> deps_after;
+        std::vector <Task> deps_after;
         after.getDependencies (deps_after);
-        std::string to;
-        join (to, ", ", deps_after);
+        std::string to = taskIdentifiers (deps_after);
 
         out << "  - "
             << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_DEP_MOD, from, to)
@@ -161,10 +171,9 @@ std::string taskInfoDifferences (
   {
     if (name == "depends")
     {
-        std::vector <int> deps_before;
+        std::vector <Task> deps_before;
         before.getDependencies (deps_before);
-        std::string from;
-        join (from, ", ", deps_before);
+        std::string from = taskIdentifiers (deps_before);
 
         out << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_DEP_DEL, from)
             << "\n";
@@ -191,10 +200,9 @@ std::string taskInfoDifferences (
   {
     if (name == "depends")
     {
-      std::vector <int> deps_after;
+      std::vector <Task> deps_after;
       after.getDependencies (deps_after);
-      std::string to;
-      join (to, ", ", deps_after);
+      std::string to = taskIdentifiers (deps_after);
 
       out << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_DEP_WAS_SET, to)
           << "\n";
@@ -225,15 +233,13 @@ std::string taskInfoDifferences (
     {
       if (name == "depends")
       {
-        std::vector <int> deps_before;
+        std::vector <Task> deps_before;
         before.getDependencies (deps_before);
-        std::string from;
-        join (from, ", ", deps_before);
+        std::string from = taskIdentifiers (deps_before);
 
-        std::vector <int> deps_after;
+        std::vector <Task> deps_after;
         after.getDependencies (deps_after);
-        std::string to;
-        join (to, ", ", deps_after);
+        std::string to = taskIdentifiers (deps_after);
 
         out << format (STRING_FEEDBACK_DEP_WAS_MOD, from, to)
             << "\n";