diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz.go
index 24fafcefa0f..122dd0b6eed 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func InstallPathHandler(mux mux, path string, checks ...HealthzChecker) {
 		checks = []HealthzChecker{PingHealthz}
 	}
 
-	glog.V(5).Info("Installing healthz checkers:", strings.Join(checkerNames(checks...), ", "))
+	glog.V(5).Info("Installing healthz checkers:", formatQuoted(checkerNames(checks...)...))
 
 	mux.Handle(path, handleRootHealthz(checks...))
 	for _, check := range checks {
@@ -187,14 +187,20 @@ func adaptCheckToHandler(c func(r *http.Request) error) http.HandlerFunc {
 
 // checkerNames returns the names of the checks in the same order as passed in.
 func checkerNames(checks ...HealthzChecker) []string {
-	if len(checks) > 0 {
-		// accumulate the names of checks for printing them out.
-		checkerNames := make([]string, 0, len(checks))
-		for _, check := range checks {
-			// quote the Name so we can disambiguate
-			checkerNames = append(checkerNames, fmt.Sprintf("%q", check.Name()))
-		}
-		return checkerNames
+	// accumulate the names of checks for printing them out.
+	checkerNames := make([]string, 0, len(checks))
+	for _, check := range checks {
+		checkerNames = append(checkerNames, check.Name())
 	}
-	return nil
+	return checkerNames
+}
+
+// formatQuoted returns a formatted string of the health check names,
+// preserving the order passed in.
+func formatQuoted(names ...string) string {
+	quoted := make([]string, 0, len(names))
+	for _, name := range names {
+		quoted = append(quoted, fmt.Sprintf("%q", name))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(quoted, ",")
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz_test.go
index 7ae26c4e9ce..aee379f3faa 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz/healthz_test.go
@@ -148,10 +148,32 @@ func TestCheckerNames(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		result := checkerNames(tc.have...)
 		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if reflect.DeepEqual(tc.want, result) {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.want, result) {
 				t.Errorf("want %#v, got %#v", tc.want, result)
 			}
 		})
 	}
-
+}
+
+func TestFormatQuoted(t *testing.T) {
+	n1 := "n1"
+	n2 := "n2"
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc     string
+		names    []string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{"empty", []string{}, ""},
+		{"single name", []string{n1}, "\"n1\""},
+		{"two names", []string{n1, n2}, "\"n1\",\"n2\""},
+		{"two names, reverse order", []string{n2, n1}, "\"n2\",\"n1\""},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		result := formatQuoted(tc.names...)
+		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if result != tc.expected {
+				t.Errorf("expected %#v, got %#v", tc.expected, result)
+			}
+		})
+	}
 }