diff --git a/readthedocs/search/documents.py b/readthedocs/search/documents.py
index 571472fd242..f50150c389f 100644
--- a/readthedocs/search/documents.py
+++ b/readthedocs/search/documents.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class SphinxDomainDocument(DocType):
 
     modified_model_field = 'modified'
 
-    class Meta(object):
+    class Meta:
         model = SphinxDomain
         fields = ('commit',)
         ignore_signals = True
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class ProjectDocument(DocType):
 
     modified_model_field = 'modified_date'
 
-    class Meta(object):
+    class Meta:
         model = Project
         fields = ('name', 'slug', 'description')
         ignore_signals = True
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class PageDocument(DocType):
 
     modified_model_field = 'modified_date'
 
-    class Meta(object):
+    class Meta:
         model = HTMLFile
         fields = ('commit',)
         ignore_signals = True
diff --git a/readthedocs/search/management/commands/reindex_elasticsearch.py b/readthedocs/search/management/commands/reindex_elasticsearch.py
index dc6191e4f8a..32f9a4c8534 100644
--- a/readthedocs/search/management/commands/reindex_elasticsearch.py
+++ b/readthedocs/search/management/commands/reindex_elasticsearch.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _get_indexing_tasks(app_label, model_name, index_name, queryset, document_cl
     def _run_reindex_tasks(self, models, queue):
         apply_async_kwargs = {'priority': 0}
         if queue:
-            log.info('Adding indexing tasks to queue {0}'.format(queue))
+            log.info('Adding indexing tasks to queue %s', queue)
             apply_async_kwargs['queue'] = queue
         else:
             log.info('Adding indexing tasks to default queue')
diff --git a/readthedocs/search/tasks.py b/readthedocs/search/tasks.py
index d4164cc924a..89e8a5dac80 100644
--- a/readthedocs/search/tasks.py
+++ b/readthedocs/search/tasks.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def index_objects_to_es(
         document._doc_type.index = index_name
         log.info('Replacing index name %s with %s', old_index_name, index_name)
 
-    log.info("Indexing model: {}, '{}' objects".format(model.__name__, queryset.count()))
+    log.info("Indexing model: %s, '%s' objects", model.__name__, queryset.count())
     doc_obj.update(queryset.iterator())
 
     if index_name:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def delete_objects_in_es(app_label, model_name, document_class, objects_id):
     doc_obj = document()
     queryset = doc_obj.get_queryset()
     queryset = queryset.filter(id__in=objects_id)
-    log.info("Deleting model: {}, '{}' objects".format(model.__name__, queryset.count()))
+    log.info("Deleting model: %s, '%s' objects", model.__name__, queryset.count())
     doc_obj.update(queryset.iterator(), action='delete')
 
 
@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ def index_missing_objects(app_label, model_name, document_class, index_generatio
     queryset = document().get_queryset().exclude(**{query_string: index_generation_time})
     document().update(queryset.iterator())
 
-    log.info("Indexed {} missing objects from model: {}'".format(queryset.count(), model.__name__))
+    log.info("Indexed %s missing objects from model: %s'", queryset.count(), model.__name__)
 
     # TODO: Figure out how to remove the objects from ES index that has been deleted
diff --git a/readthedocs/search/views.py b/readthedocs/search/views.py
index e2176622a3b..9c9cf239227 100644
--- a/readthedocs/search/views.py
+++ b/readthedocs/search/views.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-LOG_TEMPLATE = '(Elastic Search) [{user}:{type}] [{project}:{version}:{language}] {msg}'
+LOG_TEMPLATE = '(Elastic Search) [%(user)s:%(type)s] [%(project)s:%(version)s:%(language)s] %(msg)s'
 
 UserInput = collections.namedtuple(
     'UserInput',
@@ -92,14 +92,15 @@ def elastic_search(request, project_slug=None):
         facets = results.facets
 
         log.info(
-            LOG_TEMPLATE.format(
-                user=request.user,
-                project=user_input.project or '',
-                type=user_input.type or '',
-                version=user_input.version or '',
-                language=user_input.language or '',
-                msg=user_input.query or '',
-            ),
+            LOG_TEMPLATE,
+            {
+                'user': request.user,
+                'project': user_input.project or '',
+                'type': user_input.type or '',
+                'version': user_input.version or '',
+                'language': user_input.language or '',
+                'msg': user_input.query or '',
+            }
         )
 
     # Make sure our selected facets are displayed even when they return 0 results