diff --git a/.size-limit.json b/.size-limit.json
index 84e5efbf88..985d3e3adc 100644
--- a/.size-limit.json
+++ b/.size-limit.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "README.md",
       "LICENSE"
     ],
-    "limit": "129.46 kB",
+    "limit": "129.54 kB",
     "brotli": false,
     "gzip": false
   },
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
       "build/globals.js",
       "build/deno.js"
     ],
-    "limit": "881.85 kB",
+    "limit": "881.93 kB",
     "brotli": false,
     "gzip": false
   },
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       "README.md",
       "LICENSE"
     ],
-    "limit": "944.60 kB",
+    "limit": "944.68 kB",
     "brotli": false,
     "gzip": false
   }
diff --git a/build/core.cjs b/build/core.cjs
index cd9f1f0706..c4271432c4 100644
--- a/build/core.cjs
+++ b/build/core.cjs
@@ -583,7 +583,8 @@ var _ProcessPromise = class _ProcessPromise extends Promise {
       },
       on: {
         start: () => {
-          $2.log({ kind: "cmd", cmd: $2.cmd, cwd, verbose: self.isVerbose(), id });
+          const log2 = () => $2.log({ kind: "cmd", cmd: $2.cmd, cwd, verbose: self.isVerbose(), id });
+          self.sync ? log2() : queueMicrotask(log2);
           self.timeout($2.timeout, $2.timeoutSignal);
         },
         stdout: (data) => {
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index 39c320149f..c837186add 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -360,7 +360,11 @@ export class ProcessPromise extends Promise<ProcessOutput> {
       },
       on: {
         start: () => {
-          $.log({ kind: 'cmd', cmd: $.cmd, cwd, verbose: self.isVerbose(), id })
+          // A process starts eagerly, so chained configurators (`quiet()`, `verbose()`)
+          // are applied after this hook. Defer the entry to pick them up.
+          // Sync mode gets no such chance and needs the cmd logged before its output.
+          const log = () => $.log({ kind: 'cmd', cmd: $.cmd, cwd, verbose: self.isVerbose(), id })
+          self.sync ? log() : queueMicrotask(log)
           self.timeout($.timeout, $.timeoutSignal)
         },
         stdout: (data) => {
diff --git a/test/core.test.js b/test/core.test.js
index b80a2eda91..13fdc557c8 100644
--- a/test/core.test.js
+++ b/test/core.test.js
@@ -517,6 +517,52 @@ describe('core', () => {
         id,
       })
     })
+
+    it('applies chained configurators to the `cmd` entry', async () => {
+      // https://github.com/google/zx/issues/931
+      const entries = []
+      const log = (entry) => entries.push([entry.kind, entry.verbose])
+      const capture = async (p) => {
+        entries.length = 0
+        await p
+        return entries.slice()
+      }
+
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        await capture($({ log, verbose: true })`echo foo`.quiet()),
+        [
+          ['cmd', false],
+          ['stdout', false],
+          ['end', false],
+        ]
+      )
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        await capture($({ log, verbose: true })`echo foo`.verbose(false)),
+        [
+          ['cmd', false],
+          ['stdout', false],
+          ['end', false],
+        ]
+      )
+      assert.deepEqual(
+        await capture(
+          $({ log, verbose: true, quiet: true })`echo foo`.quiet(false)
+        ),
+        [
+          ['cmd', true],
+          ['stdout', true],
+          ['end', true],
+        ]
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('keeps the `cmd` entry ahead of the output in sync mode', () => {
+      const entries = []
+      const log = (entry) => entries.push(entry.kind)
+      $.sync({ log, verbose: true })`echo foo`
+
+      assert.deepEqual(entries, ['cmd', 'stdout', 'end'])
+    })
   })
 
   describe('ProcessPromise', () => {