diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go
index 1a08e8f769e..28b086e30a8 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/status/status_manager.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	kubepod "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/pod"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
-	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 	statusutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/pod"
 )
 
@@ -151,11 +150,11 @@ func (m *manager) Start() {
 	// on the master, where the kubelet is responsible for bootstrapping the pods
 	// of the master components.
 	if m.kubeClient == nil {
-		klog.Infof("Kubernetes client is nil, not starting status manager.")
+		klog.InfoS("Kubernetes client is nil, not starting status manager")
 		return
 	}
 
-	klog.Info("Starting to sync pod status with apiserver")
+	klog.InfoS("Starting to sync pod status with apiserver")
 	//lint:ignore SA1015 Ticker can link since this is only called once and doesn't handle termination.
 	syncTicker := time.Tick(syncPeriod)
 	// syncPod and syncBatch share the same go routine to avoid sync races.
@@ -163,11 +162,13 @@ func (m *manager) Start() {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case syncRequest := <-m.podStatusChannel:
-				klog.V(5).Infof("Status Manager: syncing pod: %q, with status: (%d, %v) from podStatusChannel",
-					syncRequest.podUID, syncRequest.status.version, syncRequest.status.status)
+				klog.V(5).InfoS("Status Manager: syncing pod with status from podStatusChannel",
+					"podUID", syncRequest.podUID,
+					"statusVersion", syncRequest.status.version,
+					"status", syncRequest.status.status)
 				m.syncPod(syncRequest.podUID, syncRequest.status)
 			case <-syncTicker:
-				klog.V(5).Infof("Status Manager: syncing batch")
+				klog.V(5).InfoS("Status Manager: syncing batch")
 				// remove any entries in the status channel since the batch will handle them
 				for i := len(m.podStatusChannel); i > 0; i-- {
 					<-m.podStatusChannel
@@ -204,28 +205,32 @@ func (m *manager) SetContainerReadiness(podUID types.UID, containerID kubecontai
 
 	pod, ok := m.podManager.GetPodByUID(podUID)
 	if !ok {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Pod %q has been deleted, no need to update readiness", string(podUID))
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Pod has been deleted, no need to update readiness", "podUID", string(podUID))
 		return
 	}
 
 	oldStatus, found := m.podStatuses[pod.UID]
 	if !found {
-		klog.Warningf("Container readiness changed before pod has synced: %q - %q",
-			format.Pod(pod), containerID.String())
+		klog.InfoS("Container readiness changed before pod has synced",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"containerID", containerID.String())
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Find the container to update.
 	containerStatus, _, ok := findContainerStatus(&oldStatus.status, containerID.String())
 	if !ok {
-		klog.Warningf("Container readiness changed for unknown container: %q - %q",
-			format.Pod(pod), containerID.String())
+		klog.InfoS("Container readiness changed for unknown container",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"containerID", containerID.String())
 		return
 	}
 
 	if containerStatus.Ready == ready {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Container readiness unchanged (%v): %q - %q", ready,
-			format.Pod(pod), containerID.String())
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Container readiness unchanged",
+			"ready", ready,
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"containerID", containerID.String())
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ func (m *manager) SetContainerReadiness(podUID types.UID, containerID kubecontai
 		if conditionIndex != -1 {
 			status.Conditions[conditionIndex] = condition
 		} else {
-			klog.Warningf("PodStatus missing %s type condition: %+v", conditionType, status)
+			klog.InfoS("PodStatus missing condition type", "conditionType", conditionType, "status", status)
 			status.Conditions = append(status.Conditions, condition)
 		}
 	}
@@ -261,28 +266,31 @@ func (m *manager) SetContainerStartup(podUID types.UID, containerID kubecontaine
 
 	pod, ok := m.podManager.GetPodByUID(podUID)
 	if !ok {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Pod %q has been deleted, no need to update startup", string(podUID))
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Pod has been deleted, no need to update startup", "podUID", string(podUID))
 		return
 	}
 
 	oldStatus, found := m.podStatuses[pod.UID]
 	if !found {
-		klog.Warningf("Container startup changed before pod has synced: %q - %q",
-			format.Pod(pod), containerID.String())
+		klog.InfoS("Container startup changed before pod has synced",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"containerID", containerID.String())
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Find the container to update.
 	containerStatus, _, ok := findContainerStatus(&oldStatus.status, containerID.String())
 	if !ok {
-		klog.Warningf("Container startup changed for unknown container: %q - %q",
-			format.Pod(pod), containerID.String())
+		klog.InfoS("Container startup changed for unknown container",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"containerID", containerID.String())
 		return
 	}
 
 	if containerStatus.Started != nil && *containerStatus.Started == started {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Container startup unchanged (%v): %q - %q", started,
-			format.Pod(pod), containerID.String())
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Container startup unchanged",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"containerID", containerID.String())
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -393,11 +401,11 @@ func (m *manager) updateStatusInternal(pod *v1.Pod, status v1.PodStatus, forceUp
 
 	// Check for illegal state transition in containers
 	if err := checkContainerStateTransition(oldStatus.ContainerStatuses, status.ContainerStatuses, pod.Spec.RestartPolicy); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Status update on pod %v/%v aborted: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Status update on pod aborted", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 		return false
 	}
 	if err := checkContainerStateTransition(oldStatus.InitContainerStatuses, status.InitContainerStatuses, pod.Spec.RestartPolicy); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Status update on pod %v/%v aborted: %v", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, err)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Status update on pod aborted", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 		return false
 	}
 
@@ -426,7 +434,7 @@ func (m *manager) updateStatusInternal(pod *v1.Pod, status v1.PodStatus, forceUp
 	// The intent here is to prevent concurrent updates to a pod's status from
 	// clobbering each other so the phase of a pod progresses monotonically.
 	if isCached && isPodStatusByKubeletEqual(&cachedStatus.status, &status) && !forceUpdate {
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Ignoring same status for pod %q, status: %+v", format.Pod(pod), status)
+		klog.V(5).InfoS("Ignoring same status for pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "status", status)
 		return false // No new status.
 	}
 
@@ -440,14 +448,18 @@ func (m *manager) updateStatusInternal(pod *v1.Pod, status v1.PodStatus, forceUp
 
 	select {
 	case m.podStatusChannel <- podStatusSyncRequest{pod.UID, newStatus}:
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Status Manager: adding pod: %q, with status: (%d, %v) to podStatusChannel",
-			pod.UID, newStatus.version, newStatus.status)
+		klog.V(5).InfoS("Status Manager: adding pod with new status to podStatusChannel",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"podUID", pod.UID,
+			"statusVersion", newStatus.version,
+			"status", newStatus.status)
 		return true
 	default:
 		// Let the periodic syncBatch handle the update if the channel is full.
 		// We can't block, since we hold the mutex lock.
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Skipping the status update for pod %q for now because the channel is full; status: %+v",
-			format.Pod(pod), status)
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Skipping the status update for pod for now because the channel is full",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"status", status)
 		return false
 	}
 }
@@ -480,7 +492,7 @@ func (m *manager) RemoveOrphanedStatuses(podUIDs map[types.UID]bool) {
 	defer m.podStatusesLock.Unlock()
 	for key := range m.podStatuses {
 		if _, ok := podUIDs[key]; !ok {
-			klog.V(5).Infof("Removing %q from status map.", key)
+			klog.V(5).InfoS("Removing pod from status map.", "podUID", key)
 			delete(m.podStatuses, key)
 		}
 	}
@@ -507,7 +519,9 @@ func (m *manager) syncBatch() {
 			syncedUID := kubetypes.MirrorPodUID(uid)
 			if mirrorUID, ok := podToMirror[kubetypes.ResolvedPodUID(uid)]; ok {
 				if mirrorUID == "" {
-					klog.V(5).Infof("Static pod %q (%s/%s) does not have a corresponding mirror pod; skipping", uid, status.podName, status.podNamespace)
+					klog.V(5).InfoS("Static pod does not have a corresponding mirror pod; skipping",
+						"podUID", uid,
+						"pod", klog.KRef(status.podNamespace, status.podName))
 					continue
 				}
 				syncedUID = mirrorUID
@@ -526,7 +540,7 @@ func (m *manager) syncBatch() {
 	}()
 
 	for _, update := range updatedStatuses {
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Status Manager: syncPod in syncbatch. pod UID: %q", update.podUID)
+		klog.V(5).InfoS("Status Manager: syncPod in syncbatch", "podUID", update.podUID)
 		m.syncPod(update.podUID, update.status)
 	}
 }
@@ -534,42 +548,51 @@ func (m *manager) syncBatch() {
 // syncPod syncs the given status with the API server. The caller must not hold the lock.
 func (m *manager) syncPod(uid types.UID, status versionedPodStatus) {
 	if !m.needsUpdate(uid, status) {
-		klog.V(1).Infof("Status for pod %q is up-to-date; skipping", uid)
+		klog.V(1).InfoS("Status for pod is up-to-date; skipping", "podUID", uid)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// TODO: make me easier to express from client code
 	pod, err := m.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(status.podNamespace).Get(context.TODO(), status.podName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Pod %q does not exist on the server", format.PodDesc(status.podName, status.podNamespace, uid))
+		klog.V(3).Infof("Pod does not exist on the server",
+			"podUID", uid,
+			"pod", klog.KRef(status.podNamespace, status.podName))
 		// If the Pod is deleted the status will be cleared in
 		// RemoveOrphanedStatuses, so we just ignore the update here.
 		return
 	}
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("Failed to get status for pod %q: %v", format.PodDesc(status.podName, status.podNamespace, uid), err)
+		klog.InfoS("Failed to get status for pod",
+			"podUID", uid,
+			"pod", klog.KRef(status.podNamespace, status.podName),
+			"error", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	translatedUID := m.podManager.TranslatePodUID(pod.UID)
 	// Type convert original uid just for the purpose of comparison.
 	if len(translatedUID) > 0 && translatedUID != kubetypes.ResolvedPodUID(uid) {
-		klog.V(2).Infof("Pod %q was deleted and then recreated, skipping status update; old UID %q, new UID %q", format.Pod(pod), uid, translatedUID)
+		klog.V(2).InfoS("Pod was deleted and then recreated, skipping status update",
+			"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+			"oldPodUID", uid,
+			"podUID", translatedUID)
 		m.deletePodStatus(uid)
 		return
 	}
 
 	oldStatus := pod.Status.DeepCopy()
 	newPod, patchBytes, unchanged, err := statusutil.PatchPodStatus(m.kubeClient, pod.Namespace, pod.Name, pod.UID, *oldStatus, mergePodStatus(*oldStatus, status.status))
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Patch status for pod %q with %q", format.Pod(pod), patchBytes)
+	klog.V(3).InfoS("Patch status for pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "patchBytes", patchBytes)
+
 	if err != nil {
-		klog.Warningf("Failed to update status for pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
+		klog.InfoS("Failed to update status for pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "err", err)
 		return
 	}
 	if unchanged {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Status for pod %q is up-to-date: (%d)", format.Pod(pod), status.version)
+		klog.V(3).InfoS("Status for pod is up-to-date", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "statusVersion", status.version)
 	} else {
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Status for pod %q updated successfully: (%d, %+v)", format.Pod(pod), status.version, status.status)
+		klog.V(3).InfoS("Status for pod updated successfully", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "statusVersion", status.version, "status", status.status)
 		pod = newPod
 	}
 
@@ -585,10 +608,10 @@ func (m *manager) syncPod(uid types.UID, status versionedPodStatus) {
 		}
 		err = m.kubeClient.CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Delete(context.TODO(), pod.Name, deleteOptions)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Warningf("Failed to delete status for pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
+			klog.InfoS("Failed to delete status for pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "err", err)
 			return
 		}
-		klog.V(3).Infof("Pod %q fully terminated and removed from etcd", format.Pod(pod))
+		klog.V(3).InfoS("Pod fully terminated and removed from etcd", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 		m.deletePodStatus(uid)
 	}
 }
@@ -627,14 +650,14 @@ func (m *manager) needsReconcile(uid types.UID, status v1.PodStatus) bool {
 	// The pod could be a static pod, so we should translate first.
 	pod, ok := m.podManager.GetPodByUID(uid)
 	if !ok {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Pod %q has been deleted, no need to reconcile", string(uid))
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Pod has been deleted, no need to reconcile", "podUID", string(uid))
 		return false
 	}
 	// If the pod is a static pod, we should check its mirror pod, because only status in mirror pod is meaningful to us.
 	if kubetypes.IsStaticPod(pod) {
 		mirrorPod, ok := m.podManager.GetMirrorPodByPod(pod)
 		if !ok {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("Static pod %q has no corresponding mirror pod, no need to reconcile", format.Pod(pod))
+			klog.V(4).InfoS("Static pod has no corresponding mirror pod, no need to reconcile", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 			return false
 		}
 		pod = mirrorPod
@@ -648,8 +671,9 @@ func (m *manager) needsReconcile(uid types.UID, status v1.PodStatus) bool {
 		// reconcile is not needed. Just return.
 		return false
 	}
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Pod status is inconsistent with cached status for pod %q, a reconciliation should be triggered:\n %s", format.Pod(pod),
-		diff.ObjectDiff(podStatus, &status))
+	klog.V(3).InfoS("Pod status is inconsistent with cached status for pod, a reconciliation should be triggered",
+		"pod", klog.KObj(pod),
+		"statusDiff", diff.ObjectDiff(podStatus, &status))
 
 	return true
 }