diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSite.java b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSite.java
index b56d4f50424..730564445d2 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSite.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/main/java/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSite.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public static CharSequence afterInit(
   @CallSite.After("java.lang.StringBuilder java.lang.StringBuilder.append(java.lang.StringBuffer)")
   @CallSite.After("java.lang.StringBuffer java.lang.StringBuffer.append(java.lang.String)")
   @CallSite.After("java.lang.StringBuffer java.lang.StringBuffer.append(java.lang.CharSequence)")
+  @CallSite.After("java.lang.StringBuffer java.lang.StringBuffer.append(java.lang.StringBuffer)")
   @Nonnull
   public static CharSequence afterAppend(
       @CallSite.This @Nonnull final CharSequence self,
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ public static CharSequence afterAppend(
 
   @CallSite.After(
       "java.lang.StringBuilder java.lang.StringBuilder.append(java.lang.CharSequence, int, int)")
+  @CallSite.After(
+      "java.lang.StringBuffer java.lang.StringBuffer.append(java.lang.CharSequence, int, int)")
   @Nonnull
   public static CharSequence afterAppendWithSubstring(
       @CallSite.This @Nonnull final CharSequence self,
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSiteTest.groovy b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSiteTest.groovy
index c989aa9f77d..da45bf012e2 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSiteTest.groovy
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/java-lang/src/test/groovy/datadog/trace/instrumentation/java/lang/StringBuilderCallSiteTest.groovy
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ class StringBuilderCallSiteTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     0 * _
 
     where:
-    suite                        | target                      | param                       | expected
-    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | new StringBuilder('Hello ') | 23.5F                       | 'Hello 23.5'
-    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | new StringBuilder('Hello ') | new StringBuffer('World!')  | 'Hello World!'
-    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | new StringBuilder('Hello ') | 'World!'                    | 'Hello World!'
-    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | new StringBuffer('Hello ')  | 23.5F                       | 'Hello 23.5'
-    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | new StringBuffer('Hello ')  | new StringBuilder('World!') | 'Hello World!'
-    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | new StringBuffer('Hello ')  | 'World!'                    | 'Hello World!'
+    suite                        | target        | param         | expected
+    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | sb('Hello ')  | 23.5F         | 'Hello 23.5'
+    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | sb('Hello ')  | sbf('World!') | 'Hello World!'
+    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | sb('Hello ')  | 'World!'      | 'Hello World!'
+    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | sbf('Hello ') | 23.5F         | 'Hello 23.5'
+    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | sbf('Hello ') | sbf('World!') | 'Hello World!'
+    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | sbf('Hello ') | 'World!'      | 'Hello World!'
   }
 
   void 'test string builder append object throwing exceptions'() {
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ class StringBuilderCallSiteTest extends AgentTestRunner {
     0 * _
 
     where:
-    suite                        | target                      | param    | start | end | expected
-    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | new StringBuilder('Hello ') | 'World!' | 0     | 5   | 'Hello World'
+    suite                        | target        | param    | start | end | expected
+    new TestStringBuilderSuite() | sb('Hello ')  | 'World!' | 0     | 5   | 'Hello World'
+    new TestStringBufferSuite()  | sbf('Hello ') | 'World!' | 0     | 5   | 'Hello World'
   }
 
   void 'test string builder toString call site'() {