diff --git a/changelog/27464.txt b/changelog/27464.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff9d9f508bc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/27464.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+storage/raft: Improve autopilot logging on startup to show config values clearly and avoid spurious logs
+```
diff --git a/physical/raft/raft_autopilot.go b/physical/raft/raft_autopilot.go
index fd65ccbf2e2f..d6f88898094c 100644
--- a/physical/raft/raft_autopilot.go
+++ b/physical/raft/raft_autopilot.go
@@ -89,6 +89,27 @@ type AutopilotConfig struct {
 	UpgradeVersionTag string `mapstructure:"upgrade_version_tag"`
 }
 
+func (ac *AutopilotConfig) String() string {
+	s := "CleanupDeadServers:%t " +
+		"LastContactThreshold:%s " +
+		"DeadServerLastContactThreshold:%s " +
+		"MaxTrailingLogs:%d " +
+		"MinQuorum:%d " +
+		"ServerStabilizationTime:%s " +
+		"DisableUpgradeMigration:%t " +
+		"RedundancyZoneTag:%s " +
+		"UpgradeVersionTag:%s"
+	return fmt.Sprintf(s, ac.CleanupDeadServers,
+		ac.LastContactThreshold,
+		ac.DeadServerLastContactThreshold,
+		ac.MaxTrailingLogs,
+		ac.MinQuorum,
+		ac.ServerStabilizationTime,
+		ac.DisableUpgradeMigration,
+		ac.RedundancyZoneTag,
+		ac.UpgradeVersionTag)
+}
+
 // Merge combines the supplied config with the receiver. Supplied ones take
 // priority.
 func (to *AutopilotConfig) Merge(from *AutopilotConfig) {
@@ -832,6 +853,8 @@ func (b *RaftBackend) SetupAutopilot(ctx context.Context, storageConfig *Autopil
 	// Merge the setting provided over the API
 	b.autopilotConfig.Merge(storageConfig)
 
+	infoArgs := []interface{}{"config", b.autopilotConfig}
+
 	// Create the autopilot instance
 	options := []autopilot.Option{
 		autopilot.WithLogger(b.logger),
@@ -839,17 +862,18 @@ func (b *RaftBackend) SetupAutopilot(ctx context.Context, storageConfig *Autopil
 	}
 	if b.autopilotReconcileInterval != 0 {
 		options = append(options, autopilot.WithReconcileInterval(b.autopilotReconcileInterval))
+		infoArgs = append(infoArgs, []interface{}{"reconcile_interval", b.autopilotReconcileInterval}...)
 	}
 	if b.autopilotUpdateInterval != 0 {
 		options = append(options, autopilot.WithUpdateInterval(b.autopilotUpdateInterval))
+		infoArgs = append(infoArgs, []interface{}{"update_interval", b.autopilotUpdateInterval}...)
 	}
 	b.autopilot = autopilot.New(b.raft, NewDelegate(b), options...)
 	b.followerStates = followerStates
 	b.followerHeartbeatTicker = time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
-
 	b.l.Unlock()
 
-	b.logger.Info("starting autopilot", "config", b.autopilotConfig, "reconcile_interval", b.autopilotReconcileInterval)
+	b.logger.Info("starting autopilot", infoArgs...)
 	b.autopilot.Start(ctx)
 
 	go b.startFollowerHeartbeatTracker()