diff --git a/internal/debug/flags.go b/internal/debug/flags.go
index 228213053a..23e4745e8c 100644
--- a/internal/debug/flags.go
+++ b/internal/debug/flags.go
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ func Setup(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	case ctx.Bool(logjsonFlag.Name):
 		// Retain backwards compatibility with `--log.json` flag if `--log.format` not set
 		defer log.Warn("The flag '--log.json' is deprecated, please use '--log.format=json' instead")
-		handler = log.NewJSONHandler(output)
+		handler = log.JSONHandler(output)
 	case logFmtFlag == "json":
-		handler = log.NewJSONHandler(output)
+		handler = log.JSONHandler(output)
 	case logFmtFlag == "logfmt":
-		handler = log.NewLogfmtHandler(output)
+		handler = log.LogfmtHandler(output)
 	case logFmtFlag == "", logFmtFlag == "terminal":
 		useColor := (isatty.IsTerminal(os.Stderr.Fd()) || isatty.IsCygwinTerminal(os.Stderr.Fd())) && os.Getenv("TERM") != "dumb"
 		if useColor {
diff --git a/log/handler.go b/log/handler.go
index 3a205902de..7459aad891 100644
--- a/log/handler.go
+++ b/log/handler.go
@@ -113,18 +113,18 @@ func (l *leveler) Level() slog.Level {
 	return l.minLevel
 }
 
-// NewJSONHandler returns a handler which prints records in JSON format.
-func NewJSONHandler(wr io.Writer) slog.Handler {
+// JSONHandler returns a handler which prints records in JSON format.
+func JSONHandler(wr io.Writer) slog.Handler {
 	return slog.NewJSONHandler(wr, &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		ReplaceAttr: builtinReplaceJSON,
 	})
 }
 
-// NewLogfmtHandler returns a handler which prints records in logfmt format, an easy machine-parseable but human-readable
+// LogfmtHandler returns a handler which prints records in logfmt format, an easy machine-parseable but human-readable
 // format for key/value pairs.
 //
 // For more details see: http://godoc.org/github.com/kr/logfmt
-func NewLogfmtHandler(wr io.Writer) slog.Handler {
+func LogfmtHandler(wr io.Writer) slog.Handler {
 	return slog.NewTextHandler(wr, &slog.HandlerOptions{
 		ReplaceAttr: builtinReplaceLogfmt,
 	})
diff --git a/log/logger_test.go b/log/logger_test.go
index a2a114bb5f..a633f5ad7a 100644
--- a/log/logger_test.go
+++ b/log/logger_test.go
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ func BenchmarkTerminalHandler(b *testing.B) {
 	benchmarkLogger(b, l)
 }
 func BenchmarkLogfmtHandler(b *testing.B) {
-	l := NewLogger(NewLogfmtHandler(io.Discard))
+	l := NewLogger(LogfmtHandler(io.Discard))
 	benchmarkLogger(b, l)
 }
 
 func BenchmarkJSONHandler(b *testing.B) {
-	l := NewLogger(NewJSONHandler(io.Discard))
+	l := NewLogger(JSONHandler(io.Discard))
 	benchmarkLogger(b, l)
 }