diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/FormatUtils.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/FormatUtils.java
index 5e4271a31961..9fb483dd2ce3 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/FormatUtils.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/FormatUtils.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.siyeh.ig.psiutils;
 
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
+import com.siyeh.ig.callMatcher.CallMatcher;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 public class FormatUtils {
+  public static final CallMatcher STRING_FORMATTED = CallMatcher.instanceCall(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING, "formatted")
+    .parameterTypes("java.lang.Object...");
+  
 
   /**
    */
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedFormatStringInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedFormatStringInspection.java
index 2e3799504f3f..6e910fd35d92 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedFormatStringInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/MalformedFormatStringInspection.java
@@ -145,17 +145,28 @@ public class MalformedFormatStringInspection extends BaseInspection {
     @Override
     public void visitMethodCallExpression(@NotNull PsiMethodCallExpression expression) {
       super.visitMethodCallExpression(expression);
-      if (!FormatUtils.isFormatCall(expression, methodNames, classNames)) {
-        return;
-      }
       final PsiExpressionList argumentList = expression.getArgumentList();
       PsiExpression[] arguments = argumentList.getExpressions();
-      int formatArgumentIndex = findFirstStringArgumentIndex(arguments);
-      if (formatArgumentIndex < 0) {
-        return;
+
+      final PsiExpression formatArgument;
+      int formatArgumentIndex;
+      if (FormatUtils.STRING_FORMATTED.matches(expression)) {
+        formatArgument = expression.getMethodExpression().getQualifierExpression();
+        formatArgumentIndex = 0;
+      }
+      else {
+        if (!FormatUtils.isFormatCall(expression, methodNames, classNames)) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        formatArgumentIndex = findFirstStringArgumentIndex(arguments);
+        if (formatArgumentIndex < 0) {
+          return;
+        }
+        
+        formatArgument = arguments[formatArgumentIndex];
+        formatArgumentIndex++;
       }
-      final PsiExpression formatArgument = arguments[formatArgumentIndex];
-      formatArgumentIndex++;
       if (!ExpressionUtils.hasStringType(formatArgument) || !PsiUtil.isConstantExpression(formatArgument)) {
         return;
       }
@@ -167,7 +178,7 @@ public class MalformedFormatStringInspection extends BaseInspection {
       if (value == null) {
         return;
       }
-      int argumentCount = arguments.length - (formatArgumentIndex);
+      int argumentCount = arguments.length - formatArgumentIndex;
       final FormatDecode.Validator[] validators;
       try {
         validators = FormatDecode.decode(value, argumentCount);