diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
index 2a5733d4f48..20456622a52 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/common.go
@@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ func applyDefaults(pod *api.Pod, source string, isFile bool, nodeName types.Node
 			fmt.Fprintf(hasher, "url:%s", source)
 		}
 		pod.UID = types.UID(hex.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil)[0:]))
-		klog.V(5).Infof("Generated UID %q pod %q from %s", pod.UID, pod.Name, source)
+		klog.V(5).InfoS("Generated UID", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "podUID", pod.UID, "source", source)
 	}
 
 	pod.Name = generatePodName(pod.Name, nodeName)
-	klog.V(5).Infof("Generated Name %q for UID %q from URL %s", pod.Name, pod.UID, source)
+	klog.V(5).InfoS("Generated pod name", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "podUID", pod.UID, "source", source)
 
 	if pod.Namespace == "" {
 		pod.Namespace = metav1.NamespaceDefault
 	}
-	klog.V(5).Infof("Using namespace %q for pod %q from %s", pod.Namespace, pod.Name, source)
+	klog.V(5).InfoS("Set namespace for pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "source", source)
 
 	// Set the Host field to indicate this pod is scheduled on the current node.
 	pod.Spec.NodeName = string(nodeName)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func tryDecodeSinglePod(data []byte, defaultFn defaultFunc) (parsed bool, pod *v
 	}
 	v1Pod := &v1.Pod{}
 	if err := k8s_api_v1.Convert_core_Pod_To_v1_Pod(newPod, v1Pod, nil); err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("Pod %q failed to convert to v1", newPod.Name)
+		klog.ErrorS(err, "Pod failed to convert to v1", "pod", klog.KObj(newPod))
 		return true, nil, err
 	}
 	return true, v1Pod, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/config.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/config.go
index b04fdb8f967..ca9a460c20e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/config.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (c *PodConfig) SeenAllSources(seenSources sets.String) bool {
 	if c.pods == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	klog.V(5).Infof("Looking for %v, have seen %v", c.sources.List(), seenSources)
+	klog.V(5).InfoS("Looking for sources, have seen", "sources", c.sources.List(), "seenSources", seenSources)
 	return seenSources.HasAll(c.sources.List()...) && c.pods.seenSources(c.sources.List()...)
 }
 
@@ -254,16 +254,16 @@ func (s *podStorage) merge(source string, change interface{}) (adds, updates, de
 	switch update.Op {
 	case kubetypes.ADD, kubetypes.UPDATE, kubetypes.DELETE:
 		if update.Op == kubetypes.ADD {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("Adding new pods from source %s : %v", source, update.Pods)
+			klog.V(4).InfoS("Adding new pods from source", "source", source, "pods", format.Pods(update.Pods))
 		} else if update.Op == kubetypes.DELETE {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("Graceful deleting pods from source %s : %v", source, update.Pods)
+			klog.V(4).InfoS("Gracefully deleting pods from source", "source", source, "pods", format.Pods(update.Pods))
 		} else {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("Updating pods from source %s : %v", source, update.Pods)
+			klog.V(4).InfoS("Updating pods from source", "source", source, "pods", format.Pods(update.Pods))
 		}
 		updatePodsFunc(update.Pods, pods, pods)
 
 	case kubetypes.REMOVE:
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Removing pods from source %s : %v", source, update.Pods)
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Removing pods from source", "source", source, "pods", format.Pods(update.Pods))
 		for _, value := range update.Pods {
 			if existing, found := pods[value.UID]; found {
 				// this is a delete
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func (s *podStorage) merge(source string, change interface{}) (adds, updates, de
 		}
 
 	case kubetypes.SET:
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Setting pods for source %s", source)
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Setting pods for source", "source", source)
 		s.markSourceSet(source)
 		// Clear the old map entries by just creating a new map
 		oldPods := pods
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func (s *podStorage) merge(source string, change interface{}) (adds, updates, de
 		}
 
 	default:
-		klog.Warningf("Received invalid update type: %v", update)
+		klog.InfoS("Received invalid update type", "type", update)
 
 	}
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func filterInvalidPods(pods []*v1.Pod, source string, recorder record.EventRecor
 		// This function only checks if there is any naming conflict.
 		name := kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod)
 		if names.Has(name) {
-			klog.Warningf("Pod[%d] (%s) from %s failed validation due to duplicate pod name %q, ignoring", i+1, format.Pod(pod), source, pod.Name)
+			klog.InfoS("Pod failed validation due to duplicate pod name, ignoring", "index", i, "pod", klog.KObj(pod), "source", source)
 			recorder.Eventf(pod, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.FailedValidation, "Error validating pod %s from %s due to duplicate pod name %q, ignoring", format.Pod(pod), source, pod.Name)
 			continue
 		} else {
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func isAnnotationMapEqual(existingMap, candidateMap map[string]string) bool {
 
 // recordFirstSeenTime records the first seen time of this pod.
 func recordFirstSeenTime(pod *v1.Pod) {
-	klog.V(4).Infof("Receiving a new pod %q", format.Pod(pod))
+	klog.V(4).InfoS("Receiving a new pod", "pod", klog.KObj(pod))
 	pod.Annotations[kubetypes.ConfigFirstSeenAnnotationKey] = kubetypes.NewTimestamp().GetString()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go
index 68b5d3d22bd..8984f5dee48 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/file.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewSourceFile(path string, nodeName types.NodeName, period time.Duration, u
 	path = strings.TrimRight(path, string(os.PathSeparator))
 
 	config := newSourceFile(path, nodeName, period, updates)
-	klog.V(1).Infof("Watching path %q", path)
+	klog.V(1).InfoS("Watching path", "path", path)
 	config.run()
 }
 
@@ -95,17 +95,17 @@ func (s *sourceFile) run() {
 	go func() {
 		// Read path immediately to speed up startup.
 		if err := s.listConfig(); err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Unable to read config path %q: %v", s.path, err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to read config path", "path", s.path)
 		}
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-listTicker.C:
 				if err := s.listConfig(); err != nil {
-					klog.Errorf("Unable to read config path %q: %v", s.path, err)
+					klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to read config path", "path", s.path)
 				}
 			case e := <-s.watchEvents:
 				if err := s.consumeWatchEvent(e); err != nil {
-					klog.Errorf("Unable to process watch event: %v", err)
+					klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to process watch event")
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -173,24 +173,24 @@ func (s *sourceFile) extractFromDir(name string) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
 	for _, path := range dirents {
 		statInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
 		if err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Can't get metadata for %q: %v", path, err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Could not get metadata", "path", path)
 			continue
 		}
 
 		switch {
 		case statInfo.Mode().IsDir():
-			klog.Errorf("Not recursing into manifest path %q", path)
+			klog.ErrorS(nil, "Provided manifest path is a directory, not recursing into manifest path", "path", path)
 		case statInfo.Mode().IsRegular():
 			pod, err := s.extractFromFile(path)
 			if err != nil {
 				if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					klog.Errorf("Can't process manifest file %q: %v", path, err)
+					klog.ErrorS(err, "Could not process manifest file", "path", path)
 				}
 			} else {
 				pods = append(pods, pod)
 			}
 		default:
-			klog.Errorf("Manifest path %q is not a directory or file: %v", path, statInfo.Mode())
+			klog.ErrorS(nil, "Manifest path is not a directory or file", "path", path, "mode", statInfo.Mode())
 		}
 	}
 	return pods, nil
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (s *sourceFile) extractFromDir(name string) ([]*v1.Pod, error) {
 
 // extractFromFile parses a file for Pod configuration information.
 func (s *sourceFile) extractFromFile(filename string) (pod *v1.Pod, err error) {
-	klog.V(3).Infof("Reading config file %q", filename)
+	klog.V(3).InfoS("Reading config file", "path", filename)
 	defer func() {
 		if err == nil && pod != nil {
 			objKey, keyErr := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(pod)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/file_linux.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/file_linux.go
index f1938afa1a5..5c1930498f2 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/file_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/file_linux.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (s *sourceFile) startWatch() {
 		}
 
 		if err := s.doWatch(); err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Unable to read config path %q: %v", s.path, err)
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Unable to read config path", "path", s.path)
 			if _, retryable := err.(*retryableError); !retryable {
 				backOff.Next(backOffID, time.Now())
 			}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (s *sourceFile) doWatch() error {
 func (s *sourceFile) produceWatchEvent(e *fsnotify.Event) error {
 	// Ignore file start with dots
 	if strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Base(e.Name), ".") {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Ignored pod manifest: %s, because it starts with dots", e.Name)
+		klog.V(4).InfoS("Ignored pod manifest, because it starts with dots", "eventName", e.Name)
 		return nil
 	}
 	var eventType podEventType
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/config/http.go b/pkg/kubelet/config/http.go
index 710abb089b0..b0b49e517c3 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/config/http.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/config/http.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func NewSourceURL(url string, header http.Header, nodeName types.NodeName, perio
 		// read the manifest URL passed to kubelet.
 		client: &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
 	}
-	klog.V(1).Infof("Watching URL %s", url)
+	klog.V(1).InfoS("Watching URL", "URL", url)
 	go wait.Until(config.run, period, wait.NeverStop)
 }
 
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ func (s *sourceURL) run() {
 		// Don't log this multiple times per minute. The first few entries should be
 		// enough to get the point across.
 		if s.failureLogs < 3 {
-			klog.Warningf("Failed to read pods from URL: %v", err)
+			klog.InfoS("Failed to read pods from URL", "err", err)
 		} else if s.failureLogs == 3 {
-			klog.Warningf("Failed to read pods from URL. Dropping verbosity of this message to V(4): %v", err)
+			klog.InfoS("Failed to read pods from URL. Dropping verbosity of this message to V(4)", "err", err)
 		} else {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("Failed to read pods from URL: %v", err)
+			klog.V(4).InfoS("Failed to read pods from URL", "err", err)
 		}
 		s.failureLogs++
 	} else {
 		if s.failureLogs > 0 {
-			klog.Info("Successfully read pods from URL.")
+			klog.InfoS("Successfully read pods from URL")
 			s.failureLogs = 0
 		}
 	}