diff --git a/.changeset/strong-lions-listen.md b/.changeset/strong-lions-listen.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..452fb0aed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/strong-lions-listen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stylelint": patch
+---
+
+Fixed: `printf`-like formatting for custom messages
diff --git a/lib/utils/__tests__/report.test.js b/lib/utils/__tests__/report.test.js
index c9286ba6b0..7887bd394c 100644
--- a/lib/utils/__tests__/report.test.js
+++ b/lib/utils/__tests__/report.test.js
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ test('with custom message', () => {
 			},
 		},
 		message: 'bar',
-		messageArgs: ['str', true, 10, /regex/],
+		messageArgs: ['str', true, 10, /regex/, 'should_be_ignored'],
 		node: {
 			rangeBy: defaultRangeBy,
 		},
diff --git a/lib/utils/report.js b/lib/utils/report.js
index 23773751d5..a84ae5e808 100644
--- a/lib/utils/report.js
+++ b/lib/utils/report.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const util = require('util');
-
 /**
  * Report a problem.
  *
@@ -124,8 +122,19 @@ function buildWarningMessage(message, messageArgs) {
 	const args = messageArgs || [];
 
 	if (typeof message === 'string') {
-		return util.format(message, ...args);
+		return printfLike(message, ...args);
 	}
 
 	return message(...args);
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} format
+ * @param {Array<unknown>} args
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+function printfLike(format, ...args) {
+	return args.reduce((/** @type {string} */ result, arg) => {
+		return result.replace(/%[ds]/, String(arg));
+	}, format);
+}