diff --git a/examples/Metrics/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs b/examples/Metrics/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs
index 8f4345e96..bb6b128b4 100644
--- a/examples/Metrics/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs
+++ b/examples/Metrics/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ public async Task<APIGatewayProxyResponse> FunctionHandler(APIGatewayProxyReques
 
         try
         {
-            Logger.LogInformation("Calling Check IP API ");
+            Logger.LogInformation("Calling Check IP API");
 
             var response = await _httpClient.GetStringAsync("https://checkip.amazonaws.com/").ConfigureAwait(false);
             var ip = response.Replace("\n", "");
 
-            Logger.LogInformation("API response returned {}", ip);
+            Logger.LogInformation($"API response returned {ip}");
 
             return ip;
         }
diff --git a/examples/Tracing/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs b/examples/Tracing/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs
index caddb6bad..342e3e29d 100644
--- a/examples/Tracing/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs
+++ b/examples/Tracing/src/HelloWorld/Function.cs
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ public async Task<APIGatewayProxyResponse> FunctionHandler(APIGatewayProxyReques
 
         try
         {
-            Logger.LogInformation("Calling Check IP API ");
+            Logger.LogInformation("Calling Check IP API");
 
             var response = await _httpClient.GetStringAsync("https://checkip.amazonaws.com/").ConfigureAwait(false);
             var ip = response.Replace("\n", "");
 
-            Logger.LogInformation("API response returned {}", ip);
+            Logger.LogInformation($"API response returned {ip}");
 
             return ip;
         }