diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
index afe0e49d2ce1..beea93d48680 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/manager.go
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, _ kubecontainer.Pod, _ api.PodSta
 			err := dm.verifyNonRoot(container)
 			dm.updateReasonCache(pod, container, "VerifyNonRootError", err)
 			if err != nil {
-				glog.Errorf("Error running pod %q container %q: %v", kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), container.Name, err)
+				glog.Errorf("Error running pod %q container %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), container.Name, err)
 				continue
 			}
 		}
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) SyncPod(pod *api.Pod, _ kubecontainer.Pod, _ api.PodSta
 		dm.updateReasonCache(pod, container, kubecontainer.ErrRunContainer.Error(), err)
 		if err != nil {
 			// TODO(bburns) : Perhaps blacklist a container after N failures?
-			glog.Errorf("Error running pod %q container %q: %v", kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), container.Name, err)
+			glog.Errorf("Error running pod %q container %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), container.Name, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		containersStarted++
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ func (dm *DockerManager) doBackOff(pod *api.Pod, container *api.Container, podSt
 			if ref, err := kubecontainer.GenerateContainerRef(pod, container); err == nil {
 				dm.recorder.Eventf(ref, api.EventTypeWarning, kubecontainer.BackOffStartContainer, "Back-off restarting failed docker container")
 			}
-			err := fmt.Errorf("Back-off %s restarting failed container=%s pod=%s", backOff.Get(stableName), container.Name, kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod))
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Back-off %s restarting failed container=%s pod=%s", backOff.Get(stableName), container.Name, format.Pod(pod))
 			dm.updateReasonCache(pod, container, kubecontainer.ErrCrashLoopBackOff.Error(), err)
 			glog.Infof("%s", err.Error())
 			return true
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
index 0ebff534848f..470817687f62 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/prober/prober.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/prober/results"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe"
 	execprobe "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe/exec"
 	httprobe "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/probe/http"
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ func (pb *prober) probe(probeType probeType, pod *api.Pod, status api.PodStatus,
 		return results.Failure, fmt.Errorf("Unknown probe type: %q", probeType)
 	}
 
-	ctrName := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), container.Name)
+	ctrName := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", format.Pod(pod), container.Name)
 	if probeSpec == nil {
 		glog.Warningf("%s probe for %s is nil", probeType, ctrName)
 		return results.Success, nil
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (pb *prober) runProbe(p *api.Probe, pod *api.Pod, status api.PodStatus, con
 		return pb.tcp.Probe(status.PodIP, port, timeout)
 	}
 	glog.Warningf("Failed to find probe builder for container: %v", container)
-	return probe.Unknown, "", fmt.Errorf("Missing probe handler for %s:%s", kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), container.Name)
+	return probe.Unknown, "", fmt.Errorf("Missing probe handler for %s:%s", format.Pod(pod), container.Name)
 }
 
 func extractPort(param intstr.IntOrString, container api.Container) (int, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go b/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go
index 6b2eaef0a437..4aeda9376c6a 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/runonce.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
-	kubecontainer "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/container"
 	kubetypes "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/types"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/util/format"
 )
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) isPodRunning(pod *api.Pod, runningPod container.Pod) (bool, e
 	// TODO (random-liu) Change this to new pod status
 	status, err := kl.containerRuntime.GetAPIPodStatus(pod)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.Infof("Failed to get the status of pod %q: %v", kubecontainer.GetPodFullName(pod), err)
+		glog.Infof("Failed to get the status of pod %q: %v", format.Pod(pod), err)
 		return false, err
 	}
 	for _, st := range status.ContainerStatuses {