diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfiguration.java
index 2ee47d82ea..0a3dc75105 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/metrics/jdbc/DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.jdbc.DataSourceAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DataSourceUnwrapper;
 import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.metadata.DataSourcePoolMetadataProvider;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ public class DataSourcePoolMetricsAutoConfiguration {
 					hikari.setMetricsTrackerFactory(new MicrometerMetricsTrackerFactory(this.registry));
 				}
 				catch (Exception ex) {
-					logger.warn("Failed to bind Hikari metrics: " + ex.getMessage());
+					logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Failed to bind Hikari metrics: %s", ex.getMessage()));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/system/DiskSpaceHealthIndicator.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/system/DiskSpaceHealthIndicator.java
index 46f44f2b48..ae1f38f38b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/system/DiskSpaceHealthIndicator.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/system/DiskSpaceHealthIndicator.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.AbstractHealthIndicator;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.HealthIndicator;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Status;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.unit.DataSize;
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public class DiskSpaceHealthIndicator extends AbstractHealthIndicator {
 			builder.up();
 		}
 		else {
-			logger.warn(String.format("Free disk space below threshold. Available: %d bytes (threshold: %s)",
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Free disk space below threshold. Available: %d bytes (threshold: %s)",
 					diskFreeInBytes, this.threshold));
 			builder.down();
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration.java
index 0bad6a8276..8385bfc99d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.UrlBasedViewResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.groovy.GroovyMarkupConfig;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.groovy.GroovyMarkupConfigurer;
@@ -84,9 +85,10 @@ public class GroovyTemplateAutoConfiguration {
 			if (this.properties.isCheckTemplateLocation() && !isUsingGroovyAllJar()) {
 				TemplateLocation location = new TemplateLocation(this.properties.getResourceLoaderPath());
 				if (!location.exists(this.applicationContext)) {
-					logger.warn("Cannot find template location: " + location
-							+ " (please add some templates, check your Groovy "
-							+ "configuration, or set spring.groovy.template.check-template-location=false)");
+					logger.warn(LogMessage.format(
+							"Cannot find template location: %s (please add some templates, check your Groovy "
+									+ "configuration, or set spring.groovy.template.check-template-location=false)",
+							location));
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceInitializerInvoker.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceInitializerInvoker.java
index d9891f0353..a6ad430c21 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceInitializerInvoker.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceInitializerInvoker.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 
 /**
  * Bean to handle {@link DataSource} initialization by running {@literal schema-*.sql} on
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ class DataSourceInitializerInvoker implements ApplicationListener<DataSourceSche
 			}
 		}
 		catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
-			logger.warn("Could not send event to complete DataSource initialization (" + ex.getMessage() + ")");
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Could not send event to complete DataSource initialization (%s)",
+					ex.getMessage()));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mustache/MustacheAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mustache/MustacheAutoConfiguration.java
index ac8bcbc1c6..227b41280b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mustache/MustacheAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/mustache/MustacheAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class MustacheAutoConfiguration {
 	public void checkTemplateLocationExists() {
 		if (this.mustache.isCheckTemplateLocation()) {
 			TemplateLocation location = new TemplateLocation(this.mustache.getPrefix());
-			if (!location.exists(this.applicationContext)) {
+			if (!location.exists(this.applicationContext) && logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 				logger.warn("Cannot find template location: " + location
 						+ " (please add some templates, check your Mustache configuration, or set spring.mustache."
 						+ "check-template-location=false)");
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
index 812929801e..7c9065f616 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/web/reactive/error/AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.web.reactive.error.ErrorWebExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.core.NestedExceptionUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpLogging;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.HttpMessageReader;
@@ -288,8 +289,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractErrorWebExceptionHandler implements ErrorWebExcept
 		}
 		if (HttpStatus.resolve(response.rawStatusCode()) != null
 				&& response.statusCode().equals(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)) {
-			logger.error(request.exchange().getLogPrefix() + "500 Server Error for " + formatRequest(request),
-					throwable);
+			logger.error(LogMessage.of(() -> String.format("%s 500 Server Error for %s",
+					request.exchange().getLogPrefix(), formatRequest(request))), throwable);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/OptionalLiveReloadServer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/OptionalLiveReloadServer.java
index a6363fe767..12d13cc640 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/OptionalLiveReloadServer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/OptionalLiveReloadServer.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.livereload.LiveReloadServer;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 
 /**
  * Manages an optional {@link LiveReloadServer}. The {@link LiveReloadServer} may
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class OptionalLiveReloadServer implements InitializingBean {
 				if (!this.server.isStarted()) {
 					this.server.start();
 				}
-				logger.info("LiveReload server is running on port " + this.server.getPort());
+				logger.info(LogMessage.format("LiveReload server is running on port %s", this.server.getPort()));
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
 				logger.warn("Unable to start LiveReload server");
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java
index 3d1111bec8..344fa626ab 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/autoconfigure/RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpRequest;
 
 /**
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public class RemoteDevToolsAutoConfiguration {
 			RemoteDevToolsProperties remote = properties.getRemote();
 			String servletContextPath = (servlet.getContextPath() != null) ? servlet.getContextPath() : "";
 			String url = servletContextPath + remote.getContextPath() + "/restart";
-			logger.warn("Listening for remote restart updates on " + url);
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Listening for remote restart updates on %s", url));
 			Handler handler = new HttpRestartServerHandler(server);
 			return new UrlHandlerMapper(url, handler);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/classpath/ClassPathFolders.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/classpath/ClassPathFolders.java
index 0934568235..39c0906626 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/classpath/ClassPathFolders.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/classpath/ClassPathFolders.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ public class ClassPathFolders implements Iterable<File> {
 				this.folders.add(ResourceUtils.getFile(url));
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {
-				logger.warn("Unable to get classpath URL " + url);
-				logger.trace("Unable to get classpath URL " + url, ex);
+				logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Unable to get classpath URL %s", url));
+				logger.trace(LogMessage.format("Unable to get classpath URL ", url), ex);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/env/DevToolsPropertyDefaultsPostProcessor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/env/DevToolsPropertyDefaultsPostProcessor.java
index 9d45de8f13..837eaa7fea 100755
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/env/DevToolsPropertyDefaultsPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/env/DevToolsPropertyDefaultsPostProcessor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -80,12 +81,14 @@ public class DevToolsPropertyDefaultsPostProcessor implements EnvironmentPostPro
 	public void postProcessEnvironment(ConfigurableEnvironment environment, SpringApplication application) {
 		if (DevToolsEnablementDeducer.shouldEnable(Thread.currentThread()) && isLocalApplication(environment)) {
 			if (canAddProperties(environment)) {
-				logger.info("Devtools property defaults active! Set '" + ENABLED + "' to 'false' to disable");
+				logger.info(LogMessage.format("Devtools property defaults active! Set '%s' to 'false' to disable",
+						ENABLED));
 				environment.getPropertySources().addLast(new MapPropertySource("devtools", PROPERTIES));
 			}
 			if (isWebApplication(environment) && !environment.containsProperty(WEB_LOGGING)) {
-				logger.info("For additional web related logging consider setting the '" + WEB_LOGGING
-						+ "' property to 'DEBUG'");
+				logger.info(LogMessage.format(
+						"For additional web related logging consider setting the '%s' property to 'DEBUG'",
+						WEB_LOGGING));
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/ClassPathChangeUploader.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/ClassPathChangeUploader.java
index fd2d8c27d5..09663a6739 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/ClassPathChangeUploader.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/ClassPathChangeUploader.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.classloader.ClassLoaderFile;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.classloader.ClassLoaderFile.Kind;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.classloader.ClassLoaderFiles;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -114,8 +115,8 @@ public class ClassPathChangeUploader implements ApplicationListener<ClassPathCha
 					return;
 				}
 				catch (SocketException ex) {
-					logger.warn("A failure occurred when uploading to " + this.uri
-							+ ". Upload will be retried in 2 seconds");
+					logger.warn(LogMessage.format(
+							"A failure occurred when uploading to %s. Upload will be retried in 2 seconds", this.uri));
 					logger.debug("Upload failure", ex);
 					Thread.sleep(2000);
 				}
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public class ClassPathChangeUploader implements ApplicationListener<ClassPathCha
 
 	private void logUpload(ClassLoaderFiles classLoaderFiles) {
 		int size = classLoaderFiles.size();
-		logger.info("Uploaded " + size + " class " + ((size != 1) ? "resources" : "resource"));
+		logger.info(LogMessage.format("Uploaded %s class %s", size, (size != 1) ? "resources" : "resource"));
 	}
 
 	private byte[] serialize(ClassLoaderFiles classLoaderFiles) throws IOException {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/RemoteClientConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/RemoteClientConfiguration.java
index 9073ea444f..4e29ea73b7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/RemoteClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/remote/client/RemoteClientConfiguration.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
 import org.springframework.http.client.InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory;
@@ -119,8 +120,9 @@ public class RemoteClientConfiguration implements InitializingBean {
 			logger.warn("Remote restart is disabled.");
 		}
 		if (!this.remoteUrl.startsWith("https://")) {
-			logger.warn("The connection to " + this.remoteUrl
-					+ " is insecure. You should use a URL starting with 'https://'.");
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format(
+					"The connection to %s is insecure. You should use a URL starting with 'https://'.",
+					this.remoteUrl));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/ChangeableUrls.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/ChangeableUrls.java
index 723e790876..332221434f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/ChangeableUrls.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/ChangeableUrls.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.logger.DevToolsLogFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.settings.DevToolsSettings;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -171,9 +172,9 @@ final class ChangeableUrls implements Iterable<URL> {
 			}
 		}
 		if (!nonExistentEntries.isEmpty()) {
-			logger.info("The Class-Path manifest attribute in " + jarFile.getName()
+			logger.info(LogMessage.of(() -> "The Class-Path manifest attribute in " + jarFile.getName()
 					+ " referenced one or more files that do not exist: "
-					+ StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(nonExistentEntries));
+					+ StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(nonExistentEntries)));
 		}
 		return urls;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/RestartApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/RestartApplicationListener.java
index c4c4e15379..87be6ec2d1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/RestartApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/restart/RestartApplicationListener.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationStartingEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 
 /**
  * {@link ApplicationListener} to initialize the {@link Restarter}.
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ public class RestartApplicationListener implements ApplicationListener<Applicati
 			Restarter.initialize(args, false, initializer, restartOnInitialize);
 		}
 		else {
-			logger.info("Restart disabled due to System property '" + ENABLED_PROPERTY + "' being set to false");
+			logger.info(LogMessage.format("Restart disabled due to System property '%s' being set to false",
+					ENABLED_PROPERTY));
 			Restarter.disable();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/HttpTunnelConnection.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/HttpTunnelConnection.java
index d17c06860a..cf3a9c3335 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/HttpTunnelConnection.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/HttpTunnelConnection.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.tunnel.payload.HttpTunnelPayload;
 import org.springframework.boot.devtools.tunnel.payload.HttpTunnelPayloadForwarder;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class HttpTunnelConnection implements TunnelConnection {
 
 	@Override
 	public TunnelChannel open(WritableByteChannel incomingChannel, Closeable closeable) throws Exception {
-		logger.trace("Opening HTTP tunnel to " + this.uri);
+		logger.trace(LogMessage.format("Opening HTTP tunnel to %s", this.uri));
 		return new TunnelChannel(incomingChannel, closeable);
 	}
 
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ public class HttpTunnelConnection implements TunnelConnection {
 					}
 					catch (IOException ex) {
 						if (ex instanceof ConnectException) {
-							logger.warn("Failed to connect to remote application at " + HttpTunnelConnection.this.uri);
+							logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Failed to connect to remote application at %s",
+									HttpTunnelConnection.this.uri));
 						}
 						else {
 							logger.trace("Unexpected connection error", ex);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/TunnelClient.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/TunnelClient.java
index 0f340e3c53..e4a439492d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/TunnelClient.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/client/TunnelClient.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.SmartInitializingSingleton;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public class TunnelClient implements SmartInitializingSingleton {
 			ServerSocketChannel serverSocketChannel = ServerSocketChannel.open();
 			serverSocketChannel.socket().bind(new InetSocketAddress(this.listenPort));
 			int port = serverSocketChannel.socket().getLocalPort();
-			logger.trace("Listening for TCP traffic to tunnel on port " + port);
+			logger.trace(LogMessage.format("Listening for TCP traffic to tunnel on port %s", port));
 			this.serverThread = new ServerThread(serverSocketChannel);
 			this.serverThread.start();
 			return port;
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ public class TunnelClient implements SmartInitializingSingleton {
 		}
 
 		public void close() throws IOException {
-			logger.trace("Closing tunnel client on port " + this.serverSocketChannel.socket().getLocalPort());
+			logger.trace(LogMessage.format("Closing tunnel client on port %s",
+					this.serverSocketChannel.socket().getLocalPort()));
 			this.serverSocketChannel.close();
 			this.acceptConnections = false;
 			interrupt();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/server/SocketTargetServerConnection.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/server/SocketTargetServerConnection.java
index c70ffe362b..78aac9c1f8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/server/SocketTargetServerConnection.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-devtools/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/devtools/tunnel/server/SocketTargetServerConnection.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class SocketTargetServerConnection implements TargetServerConnection {
 	@Override
 	public ByteChannel open(int socketTimeout) throws IOException {
 		SocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(this.portProvider.getPort());
-		logger.trace("Opening tunnel connection to target server on " + address);
+		logger.trace(LogMessage.format("Opening tunnel connection to target server on %s", address));
 		SocketChannel channel = SocketChannel.open(address);
 		channel.socket().setSoTimeout(socketTimeout);
 		return new TimeoutAwareChannel(channel);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ImageBanner.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ImageBanner.java
index de4591ec58..0f482ef444 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ImageBanner.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ImageBanner.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.ansi.AnsiElement;
 import org.springframework.boot.ansi.AnsiOutput;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ public class ImageBanner implements Banner {
 			printBanner(environment, out);
 		}
 		catch (Throwable ex) {
-			logger.warn("Image banner not printable: " + this.image + " (" + ex.getClass() + ": '" + ex.getMessage()
-					+ "')");
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Image banner not printable: %s (%s: '%s')", this.image, ex.getClass(),
+					ex.getMessage()));
 			logger.debug("Image banner printing failure", ex);
 		}
 		finally {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ResourceBanner.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ResourceBanner.java
index d2df72e256..a80189bda3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ResourceBanner.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/ResourceBanner.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertyResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySourcesPropertyResolver;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
 
@@ -70,9 +71,8 @@ public class ResourceBanner implements Banner {
 			out.println(banner);
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
-			logger.warn(
-					"Banner not printable: " + this.resource + " (" + ex.getClass() + ": '" + ex.getMessage() + "')",
-					ex);
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Banner not printable: %s (%s: '%s')", this.resource, ex.getClass(),
+					ex.getMessage()), ex);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java
index 630807b526..73dcf08b4b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/StartupInfoLogger.java
@@ -112,16 +112,19 @@ class StartupInfoLogger {
 		long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 		append(message, "on ", () -> InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName());
 		long resolveTime = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
-		if (resolveTime > HOST_NAME_RESOLVE_THRESHOLD && logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
-			StringBuilder warning = new StringBuilder();
-			warning.append("InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName() took ");
-			warning.append(resolveTime);
-			warning.append(" milliseconds to respond.");
-			warning.append(" Please verify your network configuration");
-			if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("mac")) {
-				warning.append(" (macOS machines may need to add entries to /etc/hosts)");
-			}
-			logger.warn(warning.append("."));
+		if (resolveTime > HOST_NAME_RESOLVE_THRESHOLD) {
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.of(() -> {
+				StringBuilder warning = new StringBuilder();
+				warning.append("InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName() took ");
+				warning.append(resolveTime);
+				warning.append(" milliseconds to respond.");
+				warning.append(" Please verify your network configuration");
+				if (System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase().contains("mac")) {
+					warning.append(" (macOS machines may need to add entries to /etc/hosts)");
+				}
+				warning.append(".");
+				return warning;
+			}));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/FileEncodingApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/FileEncodingApplicationListener.java
index 661c03c2a9..9cbb667aec 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/FileEncodingApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/FileEncodingApplicationListener.java
@@ -64,12 +64,14 @@ public class FileEncodingApplicationListener
 		String encoding = System.getProperty("file.encoding");
 		String desired = environment.getProperty("spring.mandatory-file-encoding");
 		if (encoding != null && !desired.equalsIgnoreCase(encoding)) {
-			logger.error("System property 'file.encoding' is currently '" + encoding + "'. It should be '" + desired
-					+ "' (as defined in 'spring.mandatoryFileEncoding').");
-			logger.error("Environment variable LANG is '" + System.getenv("LANG")
-					+ "'. You could use a locale setting that matches encoding='" + desired + "'.");
-			logger.error("Environment variable LC_ALL is '" + System.getenv("LC_ALL")
-					+ "'. You could use a locale setting that matches encoding='" + desired + "'.");
+			if (logger.isErrorEnabled()) {
+				logger.error("System property 'file.encoding' is currently '" + encoding + "'. It should be '" + desired
+						+ "' (as defined in 'spring.mandatoryFileEncoding').");
+				logger.error("Environment variable LANG is '" + System.getenv("LANG")
+						+ "'. You could use a locale setting that matches encoding='" + desired + "'.");
+				logger.error("Environment variable LC_ALL is '" + System.getenv("LC_ALL")
+						+ "'. You could use a locale setting that matches encoding='" + desired + "'.");
+			}
 			throw new IllegalStateException("The Java Virtual Machine has not been configured to use the "
 					+ "desired default character encoding (" + desired + ").");
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java
index 9ff891becc..de5e762c4b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/logging/LoggingApplicationListener.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ public class LoggingApplicationListener implements GenericApplicationListener {
 				system.setLogLevel(name, level);
 			}
 			catch (RuntimeException ex) {
-				this.logger.error("Cannot set level '" + level + "' for '" + name + "'");
+				this.logger.error(LogMessage.format("Cannot set level '%s' for '%s'", level, name));
 			}
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/FailureAnalyzers.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/FailureAnalyzers.java
index cd15fc3c20..86932077fa 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/FailureAnalyzers.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/diagnostics/FailureAnalyzers.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ final class FailureAnalyzers implements SpringBootExceptionReporter {
 				analyzers.add((FailureAnalyzer) constructor.newInstance());
 			}
 			catch (Throwable ex) {
-				logger.trace("Failed to load " + analyzerName, ex);
+				logger.trace(LogMessage.format("Failed to load %s", analyzerName), ex);
 			}
 		}
 		AnnotationAwareOrderComparator.sort(analyzers);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/context/WebServerPortFileWriter.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/context/WebServerPortFileWriter.java
index 14b1c52971..efda4b1cff 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/context/WebServerPortFileWriter.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/context/WebServerPortFileWriter.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.system.SystemProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
+import org.springframework.core.log.LogMessage;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ public class WebServerPortFileWriter implements ApplicationListener<WebServerIni
 			portFile.deleteOnExit();
 		}
 		catch (Exception ex) {
-			logger.warn(String.format("Cannot create port file %s", this.file));
+			logger.warn(LogMessage.format("Cannot create port file %s", this.file));
 		}
 	}