diff --git a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go
index 2687cdffb2cc..78232186511c 100644
--- a/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go
+++ b/cluster-autoscaler/core/scaledown/eligibility/eligibility.go
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ func (c *Checker) unremovableReasonAndNodeUtilization(context *context.Autoscali
 		return simulator.UnexpectedError, nil
 	}
 	if !underutilized {
-		klog.V(4).Infof("Node %s is not suitable for removal - %s utilization too big (%f)", node.Name, utilInfo.ResourceName, utilInfo.Utilization)
+		klog.V(4).Infof("Node %s unremovable: %s requested (%.4g%% of allocatable) is above the scale-down utilization threshold", node.Name, utilInfo.ResourceName, utilInfo.Utilization * 100)
 		return simulator.NotUnderutilized, &utilInfo
 	}
 
-	klogx.V(4).UpTo(utilLogsQuota).Infof("Node %s - %s utilization %f", node.Name, utilInfo.ResourceName, utilInfo.Utilization)
+	klogx.V(4).UpTo(utilLogsQuota).Infof("Node %s - %s requested is %.4g%% of allocatable", node.Name, utilInfo.ResourceName, utilInfo.Utilization * 100)
 
 	return simulator.NoReason, &utilInfo
 }