diff --git a/etcdserver/etcdserverpb/raft_internal_stringer.go b/etcdserver/etcdserverpb/raft_internal_stringer.go
index f1fcfd88087..362b252cade 100644
--- a/etcdserver/etcdserverpb/raft_internal_stringer.go
+++ b/etcdserver/etcdserverpb/raft_internal_stringer.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (as *InternalRaftStringer) String() string {
 	case as.Request.Txn != nil:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("header:<%s> txn:<%s>",
 			as.Request.Header.String(),
-			newLoggableTxnRequest(as.Request.Txn).String(),
+			NewLoggableTxnRequest(as.Request.Txn).String(),
 		)
 	default:
 		// nothing to redact
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type txnRequestStringer struct {
 	Request *TxnRequest
 }
 
-func newLoggableTxnRequest(request *TxnRequest) *txnRequestStringer {
+func NewLoggableTxnRequest(request *TxnRequest) *txnRequestStringer {
 	return &txnRequestStringer{request}
 }
 
diff --git a/etcdserver/util.go b/etcdserver/util.go
index f07c4f22575..708fee4cb60 100644
--- a/etcdserver/util.go
+++ b/etcdserver/util.go
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ func warnOfExpensiveRequest(now time.Time, reqStringer fmt.Stringer, respMsg pro
 	warnOfExpensiveGenericRequest(now, reqStringer, "", resp, err)
 }
 
-func warnOfExpensiveReadOnlyTxnRequest(now time.Time, reqStringer fmt.Stringer, txnResponse *pb.TxnResponse, err error) {
+func warnOfExpensiveReadOnlyTxnRequest(now time.Time, r *pb.TxnRequest, txnResponse *pb.TxnResponse, err error) {
+	reqStringer := pb.NewLoggableTxnRequest(r)
 	var resp string
 	if !isNil(txnResponse) {
 		var resps []string