diff --git a/swift/common/manager.py b/swift/common/manager.py
index eb1e93ae20..ca1bc3ca26 100644
--- a/swift/common/manager.py
+++ b/swift/common/manager.py
@@ -462,10 +462,10 @@ class Server(object):
             # maybe there's a config file(s) out there, but I couldn't find it!
             if not kwargs.get('quiet'):
                 if number:
-                    print(_('Unable to locate config number %s for %s' % (
-                        number, self.server)))
+                    print(_('Unable to locate config number %s for %s')
+                          % (number, self.server))
                 else:
-                    print(_('Unable to locate config for %s' % (self.server)))
+                    print(_('Unable to locate config for %s') % self.server)
             if kwargs.get('verbose') and not kwargs.get('quiet'):
                 if found_conf_files:
                     print(_('Found configs:'))
diff --git a/swift/obj/auditor.py b/swift/obj/auditor.py
index 1e218a2a1b..4875bb2520 100644
--- a/swift/obj/auditor.py
+++ b/swift/obj/auditor.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class ObjectAuditor(Daemon):
             try:
                 self.audit_loop(parent, zbo_fps, **kwargs)
             except (Exception, Timeout) as err:
-                self.logger.exception(_('ERROR auditing: %s' % err))
+                self.logger.exception(_('ERROR auditing: %s'), err)
             self._sleep()
 
     def run_once(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -352,4 +352,4 @@ class ObjectAuditor(Daemon):
             self.audit_loop(parent, zbo_fps, override_devices=override_devices,
                             **kwargs)
         except (Exception, Timeout) as err:
-            self.logger.exception(_('ERROR auditing: %s' % err))
+            self.logger.exception(_('ERROR auditing: %s'), err)
diff --git a/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py b/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py
index eb36edf500..2429879e5d 100644
--- a/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py
+++ b/test/unit/obj/test_auditor.py
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
         class Bogus(Exception):
             pass
 
+        loop_error = Bogus('exception')
+
         class ObjectAuditorMock(object):
             check_args = ()
             check_kwargs = {}
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
 
             def mock_audit_loop_error(self, parent, zbo_fps,
                                       override_devices=None, **kwargs):
-                raise Bogus('exception')
+                raise loop_error
 
             def mock_fork(self):
                 self.fork_called += 1
@@ -602,11 +604,11 @@ class TestAuditor(unittest.TestCase):
             my_auditor._sleep = mocker.mock_sleep_stop
             my_auditor.run_once(zero_byte_fps=50)
             my_auditor.logger.exception.assert_called_once_with(
-                'ERROR auditing: exception')
+                'ERROR auditing: %s', loop_error)
             my_auditor.logger.exception.reset_mock()
             self.assertRaises(StopForever, my_auditor.run_forever)
             my_auditor.logger.exception.assert_called_once_with(
-                'ERROR auditing: exception')
+                'ERROR auditing: %s', loop_error)
             my_auditor.audit_loop = real_audit_loop
 
             self.assertRaises(StopForever,
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 50236788c4..53d3bf78a8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ commands = bandit -c bandit.yaml -r swift bin -n 5 -p gate
 # H404: multi line docstring should start without a leading new line
 # H405: multi line docstring summary not separated with an empty line
 # H501: Do not use self.__dict__ for string formatting
-# H702: Formatting operation should be outside of localization method call
 # H703: Multiple positional placeholders
-ignore = F402,F812,H101,H202,H233,H234,H301,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501,H702,H703
+ignore = F402,F812,H101,H202,H233,H234,H301,H306,H401,H403,H404,H405,H501,H703
 exclude = .venv,.tox,dist,doc,*egg
 show-source = True