diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/metricsreportercloudwatch/GerritCloudwatchReporter.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/metricsreportercloudwatch/GerritCloudwatchReporter.java
index 4803e14..5cc01de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/metricsreportercloudwatch/GerritCloudwatchReporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/metricsreportercloudwatch/GerritCloudwatchReporter.java
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@
   @Override
   public void start() {
     logger.atInfo().log(
-        String.format(
-            "Reporting to CloudWatch [namespace:'%s'] at rate of '%d' seconds, after initial delay of %d seconds",
-            config.getNamespace(), config.getRate(), config.getInitialDelay()));
+        "Reporting to CloudWatch [namespace:'%s'] at rate of '%d' seconds, after initial delay of %d seconds",
+        config.getNamespace(), config.getRate(), config.getInitialDelay());
     cloudWatchReporter.start(config.getInitialDelay(), config.getRate(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
   }