diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py b/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py
index 37538499d..59c6acafa 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/rpc.py
@@ -639,19 +639,12 @@ class RPC:
             buffer = bufferHandler.buffer[-limit:]
         else:
             buffer = bufferHandler.buffer
-        records = [[datetime.fromtimestamp(r.created), r.created, r.name, r.levelname, r.message]
+        records = [[datetime.fromtimestamp(r.created).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"),
+                   r.created, r.name, r.levelname, r.message]
                    for r in buffer]
 
         return {'log_count': len(records), 'logs': records}
 
-    def _rpc_get_logs_as_string(self, limit: Optional[int]) -> List[str]:
-        """Returns the last X logs as formatted string (Using the default log format)"""
-        if limit:
-            buffer = bufferHandler.buffer[-limit:]
-        else:
-            buffer = bufferHandler.buffer
-        return [bufferHandler.format(r) for r in buffer]
-
     def _rpc_edge(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """ Returns information related to Edge """
         if not self._freqtrade.edge:
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
index da93604d1..23c3e3689 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/telegram.py
@@ -649,20 +649,22 @@ class Telegram(RPC):
                 limit = int(context.args[0])
             except (TypeError, ValueError, IndexError):
                 limit = 10
-            logs = self._rpc_get_logs_as_string(limit)
-            msg = ''
-            message_container = "<pre>{}</pre>"
+            logs = self._rpc_get_logs(limit)['logs']
+            msgs = ''
+            msg_template = "*{}* {}: {} - `{}`"
             for logrec in logs:
-                if len(msg + logrec) + 10 >= MAX_TELEGRAM_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
+                msg = msg_template.format(logrec[0], logrec[2], logrec[3], logrec[4])
+
+                if len(msgs + msg) + 10 >= MAX_TELEGRAM_MESSAGE_LENGTH:
                     # Send message immediately if it would become too long
-                    self._send_msg(message_container.format(msg), parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML)
-                    msg = logrec + '\n'
+                    self._send_msg(msgs, parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
+                    msgs = msg + '\n'
                 else:
                     # Append message to messages to send
-                    msg += logrec + '\n'
+                    msgs += msg + '\n'
 
-            if msg:
-                self._send_msg(message_container.format(msg), parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML)
+            if msgs:
+                self._send_msg(msgs, parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN)
         except RPCException as e:
             self._send_msg(str(e))