diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/counter.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/counter.go
index d641b078299..404ffcefc90 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/counter.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/counter.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func NewCounter(opts *CounterOpts) *Counter {
 		lazyMetric:  lazyMetric{},
 	}
 	kc.setPrometheusCounter(noop)
-	kc.lazyInit(kc)
+	kc.lazyInit(kc, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return kc
 }
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func NewCounterVec(opts *CounterOpts, labels []string) *CounterVec {
 		originalLabels: labels,
 		lazyMetric:     lazyMetric{},
 	}
-	cv.lazyInit(cv)
+	cv.lazyInit(cv, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return cv
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go
index c9c187b7b00..7b4469fcb87 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/gauge.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func NewGauge(opts *GaugeOpts) *Gauge {
 		lazyMetric: lazyMetric{},
 	}
 	kc.setPrometheusGauge(noop)
-	kc.lazyInit(kc)
+	kc.lazyInit(kc, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return kc
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func NewGaugeVec(opts *GaugeOpts, labels []string) *GaugeVec {
 		originalLabels: labels,
 		lazyMetric:     lazyMetric{},
 	}
-	cv.lazyInit(cv)
+	cv.lazyInit(cv, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return cv
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/histogram.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/histogram.go
index 1a4bbda813e..d233e12b92b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/histogram.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/histogram.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewHistogram(opts *HistogramOpts) *Histogram {
 		lazyMetric:    lazyMetric{},
 	}
 	h.setPrometheusHistogram(noopMetric{})
-	h.lazyInit(h)
+	h.lazyInit(h, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return h
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func NewHistogramVec(opts *HistogramOpts, labels []string) *HistogramVec {
 		originalLabels: labels,
 		lazyMetric:     lazyMetric{},
 	}
-	v.lazyInit(v)
+	v.lazyInit(v, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return v
 }
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/metric.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/metric.go
index 015627b5990..3c62434e101 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/metric.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/metric.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ implements kubeCollector to get deferred registration behavior. You must call la
 with the kubeCollector itself as an argument.
 */
 type lazyMetric struct {
+	fqName              string
 	isDeprecated        bool
 	isHidden            bool
 	isCreated           bool
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ func (r *lazyMetric) IsCreated() bool {
 // lazyInit provides the lazyMetric with a reference to the kubeCollector it is supposed
 // to allow lazy initialization for. It should be invoked in the factory function which creates new
 // kubeCollector type objects.
-func (r *lazyMetric) lazyInit(self kubeCollector) {
+func (r *lazyMetric) lazyInit(self kubeCollector, fqName string) {
+	r.fqName = fqName
 	r.self = self
 }
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ func (r *lazyMetric) determineDeprecationStatus(version semver.Version) {
 			r.isDeprecated = true
 		}
 		if ShouldShowHidden() {
-			klog.Warningf("Hidden metrics have been manually overridden, showing this very deprecated metric.")
+			klog.Warningf("Hidden metrics (%s) have been manually overridden, showing this very deprecated metric.", r.fqName)
 			return
 		}
 		if shouldHide(&version, selfVersion) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/summary.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/summary.go
index 3d8da006459..726bcc48940 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/summary.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/summary.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func NewSummary(opts *SummaryOpts) *Summary {
 		lazyMetric:  lazyMetric{},
 	}
 	s.setPrometheusSummary(noopMetric{})
-	s.lazyInit(s)
+	s.lazyInit(s, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func NewSummaryVec(opts *SummaryOpts, labels []string) *SummaryVec {
 		originalLabels: labels,
 		lazyMetric:     lazyMetric{},
 	}
-	v.lazyInit(v)
+	v.lazyInit(v, BuildFQName(opts.Namespace, opts.Subsystem, opts.Name))
 	return v
 }