diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/handler.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/handler.go
index d43fd08edd42..20d7549e5c34 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/handler.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/handler.go
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ func (h *resourceHandler) GetPatches(ar *admissionv1.AdmissionRequest) ([]resour
 		pod.Name = pod.GenerateName + "%"
 		pod.Namespace = namespace
 	}
-	klog.V(4).Infof("Admitting pod %v", pod.ObjectMeta)
+	klog.V(4).Infof("Admitting pod %s", klog.KObj(&pod))
 	controllingVpa := h.vpaMatcher.GetMatchingVPA(&pod)
 	if controllingVpa == nil {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("No matching VPA found for pod %s/%s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+		klog.V(4).Infof("No matching VPA found for pod %s", klog.KObj(&pod))
 		return []resource_admission.PatchRecord{}, nil
 	}
 	pod, err := h.preProcessor.Process(pod)
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/patch/resource_updates.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/patch/resource_updates.go
index bed6119900ba..cddec1aa83fb 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/patch/resource_updates.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/patch/resource_updates.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (c *resourcesUpdatesPatchCalculator) CalculatePatches(pod *core.Pod, vpa *v
 
 	containersResources, annotationsPerContainer, err := c.recommendationProvider.GetContainersResourcesForPod(pod, vpa)
 	if err != nil {
-		return []resource_admission.PatchRecord{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to calculate resource patch for pod %v/%v: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		return []resource_admission.PatchRecord{}, fmt.Errorf("Failed to calculate resource patch for pod %s/%s: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
 	}
 
 	if annotationsPerContainer == nil {
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/recommendation/recommendation_provider.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/recommendation/recommendation_provider.go
index 3522f1b5ae91..3272058e3e5d 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/recommendation/recommendation_provider.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/pod/recommendation/recommendation_provider.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func (p *recommendationProvider) GetContainersResourcesForPod(pod *core.Pod, vpa
 		var err error
 		recommendedPodResources, annotations, err = p.recommendationProcessor.Apply(vpa.Status.Recommendation, vpa.Spec.ResourcePolicy, vpa.Status.Conditions, pod)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.V(2).Infof("cannot process recommendation for pod %s", pod.Name)
+			klog.V(2).Infof("cannot process recommendation for pod %s", klog.KObj(pod))
 			return nil, annotations, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func (p *recommendationProvider) GetContainersResourcesForPod(pod *core.Pod, vpa
 	// Ensure that we are not propagating empty resource key if any.
 	for _, resource := range containerResources {
 		if resource.RemoveEmptyResourceKeyIfAny() {
-			klog.Infof("An empty resource key was found and purged for pod=%s/%s with vpa=", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, vpa.Name)
+			klog.Infof("An empty resource key was found and purged for pod=%s with vpa=%s", klog.KObj(pod), klog.KObj(vpa))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/vpa/matcher.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/vpa/matcher.go
index 8c74638333d6..cee7c97859ff 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/vpa/matcher.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/admission-controller/resource/vpa/matcher.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (m *matcher) GetMatchingVPA(pod *core.Pod) *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscaler
 		}
 		selector, err := m.selectorFetcher.Fetch(vpaConfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.V(3).Infof("skipping VPA object %v because we cannot fetch selector: %s", vpaConfig.Name, err)
+			klog.V(3).Infof("skipping VPA object %s because we cannot fetch selector: %s", klog.KObj(vpaConfig), err)
 			continue
 		}
 		onConfigs = append(onConfigs, &vpa_api_util.VpaWithSelector{
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (m *matcher) GetMatchingVPA(pod *core.Pod) *vpa_types.VerticalPodAutoscaler
 			Selector: selector,
 		})
 	}
-	klog.V(2).Infof("Let's choose from %d configs for pod %s/%s", len(onConfigs), pod.Namespace, pod.Name)
+	klog.V(2).Infof("Let's choose from %d configs for pod %s", len(onConfigs), klog.KObj(pod))
 	result := vpa_api_util.GetControllingVPAForPod(pod, onConfigs, m.controllerFetcher)
 	if result != nil {
 		return result.Vpa
diff --git a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
index 529d76961727..42fa0bb54d27 100644
--- a/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
+++ b/vertical-pod-autoscaler/pkg/utils/vpa/api.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ func GetControllingVPAForPod(pod *core.Pod, vpas []*VpaWithSelector, ctrlFetcher
 	}
 	parentController, err := ctrlFetcher.FindTopMostWellKnownOrScalable(k)
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("fail to get pod controller: pod=%s err=%s", pod.Name, err.Error())
+		klog.Errorf("fail to get pod controller: pod=%s err=%s", klog.KObj(pod), err.Error())
 		return nil
 	}
 	if parentController == nil {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func CreateOrUpdateVpaCheckpoint(vpaCheckpointClient vpa_api.VerticalPodAutoscal
 		_, err = vpaCheckpointClient.Create(context.TODO(), vpaCheckpoint, meta.CreateOptions{})
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot save checkpoint for vpa %v container %v. Reason: %+v", vpaCheckpoint.ObjectMeta.Name, vpaCheckpoint.Spec.ContainerName, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot save checkpoint for vpa %s/%s container %s. Reason: %+v", vpaCheckpoint.Namespace, vpaCheckpoint.Name, vpaCheckpoint.Spec.ContainerName, err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }