diff --git a/pkg/client/request.go b/pkg/client/request.go
index eb6cad9109c..4219b7fc1d4 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type UnexpectedStatusError struct {
 
 // Error returns a textual description of 'u'.
 func (u *UnexpectedStatusError) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("request [%#v] failed (%d) %s: %s", u.Request, u.Response.StatusCode, u.Response.Status, u.Body)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("request [%+v] failed (%d) %s: %s", u.Request, u.Response.StatusCode, u.Response.Status, u.Body)
 }
 
 // RequestConstructionError is returned when there's an error assembling a request.
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func (r *Request) Body(obj interface{}) *Request {
 		}
 		r.body = bytes.NewBuffer(data)
 	default:
-		r.err = fmt.Errorf("unknown type used for body: %#v", obj)
+		r.err = fmt.Errorf("unknown type used for body: %+v", obj)
 	}
 	return r
 }
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (r *Request) Watch() (watch.Interface, error) {
 		if resp.Body != nil {
 			body, _ = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		}
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("for request '%v', got status: %v\nbody: %v", req.URL, resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("for request '%+v', got status: %v\nbody: %v", req.URL, resp.StatusCode, string(body))
 	}
 	return watch.NewStreamWatcher(watchjson.NewDecoder(resp.Body, r.codec)), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/httplog/log.go b/pkg/httplog/log.go
index 6350dec0ce4..f66605bc324 100644
--- a/pkg/httplog/log.go
+++ b/pkg/httplog/log.go
@@ -168,8 +168,8 @@ func (rl *respLogger) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 func (rl *respLogger) Flush() {
 	if flusher, ok := rl.w.(http.Flusher); ok {
 		flusher.Flush()
-	} else {
-		glog.V(2).Infof("Unable to convert %v into http.Flusher", rl.w)
+	} else if glog.V(2) {
+		glog.InfoDepth(1, fmt.Sprintf("Unable to convert %+v into http.Flusher", rl.w))
 	}
 }