diff --git a/alloc/src/collections/btree/map/tests.rs b/alloc/src/collections/btree/map/tests.rs
index 56620cf890db7..ba1f38dcc3e52 100644
--- a/alloc/src/collections/btree/map/tests.rs
+++ b/alloc/src/collections/btree/map/tests.rs
@@ -1796,18 +1796,18 @@ fn test_ord_absence() {
     }
 
     fn map_debug<K: Debug>(mut map: BTreeMap<K, ()>) {
-        format!("{map:?}");
-        format!("{:?}", map.iter());
-        format!("{:?}", map.iter_mut());
-        format!("{:?}", map.keys());
-        format!("{:?}", map.values());
-        format!("{:?}", map.values_mut());
+        let _ = format!("{map:?}");
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", map.iter());
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", map.iter_mut());
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", map.keys());
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", map.values());
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", map.values_mut());
         if true {
-            format!("{:?}", map.into_iter());
+            let _ = format!("{:?}", map.into_iter());
         } else if true {
-            format!("{:?}", map.into_keys());
+            let _ = format!("{:?}", map.into_keys());
         } else {
-            format!("{:?}", map.into_values());
+            let _ = format!("{:?}", map.into_values());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/alloc/src/collections/btree/set/tests.rs b/alloc/src/collections/btree/set/tests.rs
index 688ce57e9da6a..48bf767413835 100644
--- a/alloc/src/collections/btree/set/tests.rs
+++ b/alloc/src/collections/btree/set/tests.rs
@@ -705,9 +705,9 @@ fn test_ord_absence() {
     }
 
     fn set_debug<K: Debug>(set: BTreeSet<K>) {
-        format!("{set:?}");
-        format!("{:?}", set.iter());
-        format!("{:?}", set.into_iter());
+        let _ = format!("{set:?}");
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", set.iter());
+        let _ = format!("{:?}", set.into_iter());
     }
 
     fn set_clone<K: Clone>(mut set: BTreeSet<K>) {
diff --git a/alloc/src/fmt.rs b/alloc/src/fmt.rs
index ae44cab8131b5..c6bba619ae646 100644
--- a/alloc/src/fmt.rs
+++ b/alloc/src/fmt.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 //! Some examples of the [`format!`] extension are:
 //!
 //! ```
+//! # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
 //! format!("Hello");                 // => "Hello"
 //! format!("Hello, {}!", "world");   // => "Hello, world!"
 //! format!("The number is {}", 1);   // => "The number is 1"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@
 //! the iterator advances. This leads to behavior like this:
 //!
 //! ```
+//! # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
 //! format!("{1} {} {0} {}", 1, 2); // => "2 1 1 2"
 //! ```
 //!
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@
 //! For example, the following [`format!`] expressions all use named arguments:
 //!
 //! ```
+//! # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
 //! format!("{argument}", argument = "test");   // => "test"
 //! format!("{name} {}", 1, name = 2);          // => "2 1"
 //! format!("{a} {c} {b}", a="a", b='b', c=3);  // => "a 3 b"
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@
 //! reference a variable with that name in the current scope.
 //!
 //! ```
+//! # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
 //! let argument = 2 + 2;
 //! format!("{argument}");   // => "4"
 //!
diff --git a/alloc/src/lib.rs b/alloc/src/lib.rs
index 703538d0f355d..f7447f2dd8e8e 100644
--- a/alloc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/alloc/src/lib.rs
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ pub mod vec;
 #[unstable(feature = "liballoc_internals", issue = "none", reason = "implementation detail")]
 pub mod __export {
     pub use core::format_args;
+    pub use core::hint::must_use;
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/alloc/src/macros.rs b/alloc/src/macros.rs
index d5ca5c4ed27a2..8c6a367869ce0 100644
--- a/alloc/src/macros.rs
+++ b/alloc/src/macros.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ macro_rules! vec {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
+/// # #![allow(unused_must_use)]
 /// format!("test");                             // => "test"
 /// format!("hello {}", "world!");               // => "hello world!"
 /// format!("x = {}, y = {val}", 10, val = 30);  // => "x = 10, y = 30"
@@ -119,10 +120,13 @@ macro_rules! vec {
 /// ```
 #[macro_export]
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
+#[allow_internal_unstable(hint_must_use, liballoc_internals)]
 #[cfg_attr(not(test), rustc_diagnostic_item = "format_macro")]
 macro_rules! format {
-    ($($arg:tt)*) => {{
-        let res = $crate::fmt::format($crate::__export::format_args!($($arg)*));
-        res
-    }}
+    ($($arg:tt)*) => {
+        $crate::__export::must_use({
+            let res = $crate::fmt::format($crate::__export::format_args!($($arg)*));
+            res
+        })
+    }
 }
diff --git a/alloc/tests/fmt.rs b/alloc/tests/fmt.rs
index 379e09ab69a3c..ce24a40f4c051 100644
--- a/alloc/tests/fmt.rs
+++ b/alloc/tests/fmt.rs
@@ -217,19 +217,19 @@ fn test_format_macro_interface() {
 
     // make sure that format! doesn't move out of local variables
     let a = Box::new(3);
-    format!("{a}");
-    format!("{a}");
+    let _ = format!("{a}");
+    let _ = format!("{a}");
 
     // make sure that format! doesn't cause spurious unused-unsafe warnings when
     // it's inside of an outer unsafe block
     unsafe {
         let a: isize = ::std::mem::transmute(3_usize);
-        format!("{a}");
+        let _ = format!("{a}");
     }
 
     // test that trailing commas are acceptable
-    format!("{}", "test",);
-    format!("{foo}", foo = "test",);
+    let _ = format!("{}", "test",);
+    let _ = format!("{foo}", foo = "test",);
 }
 
 // Basic test to make sure that we can invoke the `write!` macro with an
diff --git a/core/tests/fmt/builders.rs b/core/tests/fmt/builders.rs
index 487ce46be28d7..2bdc334b7c027 100644
--- a/core/tests/fmt/builders.rs
+++ b/core/tests/fmt/builders.rs
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ mod debug_map {
             }
         }
 
-        format!("{Foo:?}");
+        let _ = format!("{Foo:?}");
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ mod debug_map {
             }
         }
 
-        format!("{Foo:?}");
+        let _ = format!("{Foo:?}");
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ mod debug_map {
             }
         }
 
-        format!("{Foo:?}");
+        let _ = format!("{Foo:?}");
     }
 }