diff --git a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/logging/tracer.ts b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/logging/tracer.ts
index 40b5568839f..e273181075d 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/logging/tracer.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript-language-features/src/logging/tracer.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ export default class Tracer extends Disposable {
 	}
 
 	public trace(serverId: string, message: string, data?: unknown): void {
-		this.logger.trace(`<${serverId}> ${message}`, data);
+		this.logger.trace(`<${serverId}> ${message}`, ...(data ? [JSON.stringify(data, null, 4)] : []));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/log/common/log.ts b/src/vs/platform/log/common/log.ts
index f8db74e660f..3a0a4b2a7e9 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/log/common/log.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/log/common/log.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function format(args: any, verbose: boolean = false): string {
 
 		if (typeof a === 'object') {
 			try {
-				a = JSON.stringify(a, null, 2);
+				a = JSON.stringify(a);
 			} catch (e) { }
 		}