diff --git a/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRules.java b/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRules.java
index af81c81b..fcd21767 100644
--- a/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRules.java
+++ b/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRules.java
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.common.base.Utf8;
 import com.google.common.collect.Streams;
+import com.google.errorprone.annotations.FormatMethod;
 import com.google.errorprone.refaster.Refaster;
 import com.google.errorprone.refaster.annotation.AfterTemplate;
 import com.google.errorprone.refaster.annotation.AlsoNegation;
 import com.google.errorprone.refaster.annotation.BeforeTemplate;
+import com.google.errorprone.refaster.annotation.Repeated;
 import com.google.errorprone.refaster.annotation.UseImportPolicy;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -348,4 +350,23 @@ final class StringRules {
       return string.startsWith(prefix, fromIndex);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Prefer {@link String#formatted(Object...)} over {@link String#format(String, Object...)}, as
+   * the former works more nicely with text blocks, while the latter does not appear advantageous in
+   * any circumstance (assuming one targets JDK 15+).
+   */
+  static final class StringFormatted {
+    @BeforeTemplate
+    @FormatMethod
+    String before(String format, @Repeated Object args) {
+      return String.format(format, args);
+    }
+
+    @AfterTemplate
+    @FormatMethod
+    String after(String format, @Repeated Object args) {
+      return format.formatted(args);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestInput.java b/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestInput.java
index d189a5df..5e1c2c17 100644
--- a/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestInput.java
+++ b/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestInput.java
@@ -124,4 +124,8 @@ final class StringRulesTest implements RefasterRuleCollectionTestCase {
   boolean testStringStartsWith() {
     return "foo".substring(1).startsWith("bar");
   }
+
+  String testStringFormatted() {
+    return String.format("%s%s", "foo", "bar");
+  }
 }
diff --git a/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestOutput.java b/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestOutput.java
index 3717a85f..09f58506 100644
--- a/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestOutput.java
+++ b/error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/StringRulesTestOutput.java
@@ -124,4 +124,8 @@ final class StringRulesTest implements RefasterRuleCollectionTestCase {
   boolean testStringStartsWith() {
     return "foo".startsWith("bar", 1);
   }
+
+  String testStringFormatted() {
+    return "%s%s".formatted("foo", "bar");
+  }
 }