diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 
     bool AttemptToEvictConnection();
     CNode *ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest,
-                       bool fCountFailure);
+                       bool fCountFailure, bool manual_connection);
     bool IsWhitelistedRange(const CNetAddr &addr);
 
     void DeleteNode(CNode *pnode);
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
 }
 
 CNode *CConnman::ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *pszDest,
-                             bool fCountFailure) {
+                             bool fCountFailure, bool manual_connection) {
     if (pszDest == nullptr) {
         if (IsLocal(addrConnect)) {
             return nullptr;
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@
             if (hSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
                 return nullptr;
             }
-            connected =
-                ConnectSocketDirectly(addrConnect, hSocket, nConnectTimeout);
+            connected = ConnectSocketDirectly(
+                addrConnect, hSocket, nConnectTimeout, manual_connection);
         }
         if (!proxyConnectionFailed) {
             // If a connection to the node was attempted, and failure (if any)
@@ -2120,7 +2120,8 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    CNode *pnode = ConnectNode(addrConnect, pszDest, fCountFailure);
+    CNode *pnode =
+        ConnectNode(addrConnect, pszDest, fCountFailure, manual_connection);
 
     if (!pnode) {
         return;
diff --git a/src/netbase.h b/src/netbase.h
--- a/src/netbase.h
+++ b/src/netbase.h
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@
 bool LookupSubNet(const char *pszName, CSubNet &subnet);
 SOCKET CreateSocket(const CService &addrConnect);
 bool ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect,
-                           const SOCKET &hSocketRet, int nTimeout);
+                           const SOCKET &hSocketRet, int nTimeout,
+                           bool manual_connection);
 bool ConnectThroughProxy(const proxyType &proxy, const std::string &strDest,
                          int port, const SOCKET &hSocketRet, int nTimeout,
                          bool *outProxyConnectionFailed);
diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <util.h>
 #include <utilstrencodings.h>
 
+#include <tinyformat.h>
+
 #include <atomic>
 
 #ifndef WIN32
@@ -522,8 +524,19 @@
     return hSocket;
 }
 
+template <typename... Args>
+static void LogConnectFailure(bool manual_connection, const char *fmt,
+                              const Args &... args) {
+    std::string error_message = tfm::format(fmt, args...);
+    if (manual_connection) {
+        LogPrintf("%s\n", error_message);
+    } else {
+        LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "%s\n", error_message);
+    }
+}
+
 bool ConnectSocketDirectly(const CService &addrConnect, const SOCKET &hSocket,
-                           int nTimeout) {
+                           int nTimeout, bool manual_connection) {
     struct sockaddr_storage sockaddr;
     socklen_t len = sizeof(sockaddr);
     if (hSocket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
@@ -567,8 +580,10 @@
                 return false;
             }
             if (nRet != 0) {
-                LogPrintf("connect() to %s failed after select(): %s\n",
-                          addrConnect.ToString(), NetworkErrorString(nRet));
+                LogConnectFailure(manual_connection,
+                                  "connect() to %s failed after select(): %s",
+                                  addrConnect.ToString(),
+                                  NetworkErrorString(nRet));
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -578,8 +593,9 @@
         else
 #endif
         {
-            LogPrintf("connect() to %s failed: %s\n", addrConnect.ToString(),
-                      NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
+            LogConnectFailure(manual_connection, "connect() to %s failed: %s",
+                              addrConnect.ToString(),
+                              NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -643,7 +659,7 @@
                          int port, const SOCKET &hSocket, int nTimeout,
                          bool *outProxyConnectionFailed) {
     // first connect to proxy server
-    if (!ConnectSocketDirectly(proxy.proxy, hSocket, nTimeout)) {
+    if (!ConnectSocketDirectly(proxy.proxy, hSocket, nTimeout, true)) {
         if (outProxyConnectionFailed) {
             *outProxyConnectionFailed = true;
         }
@@ -663,6 +679,7 @@
     }
     return true;
 }
+
 bool LookupSubNet(const char *pszName, CSubNet &ret) {
     std::string strSubnet(pszName);
     size_t slash = strSubnet.find_last_of('/');
diff --git a/src/seeder/bitcoin.cpp b/src/seeder/bitcoin.cpp
--- a/src/seeder/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/seeder/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@
                     return false;
                 }
                 // no proxy needed (none set for target network)
-                connected = ConnectSocketDirectly(you, sock, nConnectTimeout);
+                connected =
+                    ConnectSocketDirectly(you, sock, nConnectTimeout, true);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py b/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
--- a/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
+++ b/test/lint/lint-format-strings.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 FALSE_POSITIVES = [
     ("src/dbwrapper.cpp", "vsnprintf(p, limit - p, format, backup_ap)"),
     ("src/index/base.cpp", "FatalError(const char *fmt, const Args &... args)"),
-    ("src/netbase.cpp", "LogConnectFailure(bool manual_connection, const char* fmt, const Args&... args)"),
+    ("src/netbase.cpp", "LogConnectFailure(bool manual_connection, const char *fmt, const Args &... args)"),
     ("src/util.cpp", "strprintf(_(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS), _(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION))"),
     ("src/util.cpp", "strprintf(COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS, COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION)"),
     ("src/seeder/main.cpp", "fprintf(stderr, help, argv[0])"),