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diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/StringFormatCheckSample.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/StringFormatCheckSample.java
index 56afb5d4e2c..f4c7fca3c51 100644
--- a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/StringFormatCheckSample.java
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/StringFormatCheckSample.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ String label(String key, Object value) {
   }
 
   String wrapped(String value) {
-    return String.format("prefix-%s-suffix", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+    return String.format("prefix-%s-suffix", value); // compliant: format string is too long (>= 15 chars)
   }
 
   String localized(Object value) {
@@ -152,4 +152,72 @@ String nonLocalizedFormattableConcat(String prefix, Formattable value) {
   String escapeSequenceInFormat(int value) {
     return String.format("\045s", value); // compliant
   }
+
+  String longFormatString(String a, String b) {
+    return String.format("long prefix %s/%s", a, b); // compliant: format string is too long (>= 15 chars)
+  }
+
+  String inBraces(String value) {
+    return String.format("{%s}", value); // compliant: %s is inside brackets
+  }
+
+  String inParentheses(String value) {
+    return String.format("(%s)", value); // compliant: %s is inside brackets
+  }
+
+  String inSquareBrackets(String value) {
+    return String.format("[%s]", value); // compliant: %s is inside brackets
+  }
+
+  String inSingleQuotes(String value) {
+    return String.format("'%s'", value); // compliant: %s is between single quotes
+  }
+
+  String inDoubleQuotes(String value) {
+    return String.format("\"%s\"", value); // compliant: contains escape sequences
+  }
+
+  String inBackticks(String value) {
+    return String.format("`%s`", value); // compliant: %s is between backticks
+  }
+
+  String escapedPercentInBrackets(String value) {
+    return String.format("[%%s] %s", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String escapedPercentInQuotes(String value) {
+    return String.format("'%%s' %s", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String apostropheInFormat(String owner, String item) {
+    return String.format("%s's %s", owner, item); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String itsFormat(String value) {
+    return String.format("it's %s", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String unmatchedClosingBracket(String value) {
+    return String.format(")%s", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String escapedPercentInBackticks(String value) {
+    return String.format("`%%s` %s", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String nestedBrackets(String value) {
+    return String.format("({%s})", value); // compliant: %s is inside brackets
+  }
+
+  String backtickNoPlaceholder(String value) {
+    return String.format("`x` %s", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String betweenQuotedSpans(String value) {
+    return String.format("'x' %s 'y'", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
+
+  String betweenBacktickSpans(String value) {
+    return String.format("`x` %s `y`", value); // Noncompliant {{Use string concatenation instead of String.format().}}
+  }
 }
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/StringFormatCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/StringFormatCheck.java
index 14b923f7ba9..e41bcf96b57 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/StringFormatCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/StringFormatCheck.java
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ protected void onMethodInvocationFound(MethodInvocationTree invocation) {
     }
     LiteralTree literal = (LiteralTree) formatArgument;
     String rawValue = LiteralUtils.trimQuotes(literal.value());
-    if (rawValue.contains("\\")) {
+    if (rawValue.length() >= 15 || rawValue.contains("\\")) {
       return;
     }
     int placeholders = countSimplePlaceholders(rawValue);
-    if (placeholders <= 0 || invocation.arguments().size() != formatIndex + placeholders + 1) {
+    if (placeholders <= 0 || hasPlaceholderInBracketsOrQuotes(rawValue) || invocation.arguments().size() != formatIndex + placeholders + 1) {
       return;
     }
     List<ExpressionTree> valueArguments = invocation.arguments().subList(formatIndex + 1, invocation.arguments().size());
@@ -86,6 +86,68 @@ private static boolean isJustPlaceholder(String rawValue) {
     return "%s".equals(rawValue);
   }
 
+  private static boolean hasPlaceholderInBracketsOrQuotes(String value) {
+    return hasPlaceholderInBrackets(value) || hasPlaceholderInMatchingQuotes(value);
+  }
+
+  private static boolean hasPlaceholderInBrackets(String value) {
+    int depth = 0;
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < value.length() - 1) {
+      char c = value.charAt(i);
+      if (c == '%') {
+        if (value.charAt(i + 1) == 's' && depth > 0) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        i += 2;
+      } else {
+        if (c == '{' || c == '(' || c == '[') {
+          depth++;
+        } else if ((c == '}' || c == ')' || c == ']') && depth > 0) {
+          depth--;
+        }
+        i++;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  private static boolean hasPlaceholderInMatchingQuotes(String value) {
+    int i = 0;
+    while (i < value.length()) {
+      char c = value.charAt(i);
+      if (c == '\'' || c == '`') {
+        int close = value.indexOf(c, i + 1);
+        if (close != -1) {
+          if (containsPlaceholder(value, i + 1, close)) {
+            return true;
+          }
+          i = close + 1;
+        } else {
+          i++;
+        }
+      } else {
+        i++;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  private static boolean containsPlaceholder(String value, int from, int to) {
+    int i = from;
+    while (i < to - 1) {
+      if (value.charAt(i) == '%') {
+        if (value.charAt(i + 1) == 's') {
+          return true;
+        }
+        i += 2;
+      } else {
+        i++;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   private static int countSimplePlaceholders(String value) {
     int placeholders = 0;
     int index = 0;