diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtils.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtils.java
index 09765c3f72fb..886ad173bc01 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtils.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtils.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client;
 
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.springframework.core.codec.CodecException;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Internal methods shared between {@link DefaultWebClient} and
@@ -69,18 +67,43 @@ public static <T> Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> mapToEntityList(ClientResponse r
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return a String representation of the request details for logging purposes.
+	 * Return a String representation of the request details for logging purposes
+	 * in "METHOD URI" format.
+	 * For the Security purpose, URI is returned in encoded format,
+	 * while userInfo, query, and fragment is stripped out.
 	 * @since 6.0.16
 	 */
 	public static String getRequestDescription(HttpMethod httpMethod, URI uri) {
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(uri.getQuery())) {
-			try {
-				uri = new URI(uri.getScheme(), null, uri.getHost(), uri.getPort(), uri.getPath(), null, null);
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder()
+				.append(httpMethod.name()).append(" ");
+
+		// also handles Opaque URI, which has only schemeSpecificPart
+		if (uri.getRawUserInfo() == null && uri.getRawQuery() == null && uri.getRawFragment() == null) {
+			return sb.append(uri).toString();
+		}
+
+		if (uri.getScheme() != null) {
+			sb.append(uri.getScheme()).append(':');
+		}
+		if (uri.getHost() != null) {
+			sb.append("//");
+			String host = uri.getHost();
+			// IPv6 handling
+			if (host.indexOf(':') >= 0 && !host.startsWith("[") && !host.endsWith("]")) {
+				sb.append('[').append(host).append(']');
 			}
-			catch (URISyntaxException ignored) {
+			else {
+				sb.append(host);
 			}
+
+			if (uri.getPort() != -1) {
+				sb.append(':').append(uri.getPort());
+			}
+		}
+		if (uri.getRawPath() != null) {
+			sb.append(uri.getRawPath());
 		}
-		return httpMethod.name() + " " + uri;
+		return sb.toString();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtilsTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtilsTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d4819355745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientUtilsTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link WebClientUtils#getRequestDescription}.
+ *
+ * @author Park Dong-Yun
+ */
+class WebClientUtilsTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void stripsQueryParams() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://api.example.com/search?q=test&page=1");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://api.example.com/search");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void noQueryReturnsAsIs() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://api.example.com/health");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://api.example.com/health");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void preservesPort() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://api.example.com:8443/path?q=1");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://api.example.com:8443/path");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void remainsPathEncodedWhenStrippingQuery() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://host/hello%20world?q=1");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://host/hello%20world");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void stripsUserInfoWithQuery() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://admin:secret@host/api?token=abc");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://host/api");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void stripsUserInfoWithoutQuery() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://admin:secret@host/api");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://host/api");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void stripsFragmentWithQuery() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://host/page?q=1#section");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://host/page");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void stripsFragmentWithoutQuery() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://host/page#section");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://host/page");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void questionMarkInFragmentNotTreatedAsQuery() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://host/page#frag?param=value");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET https://host/page");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void ipv6Host() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("http://[::1]:8080/path?q=1");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET http://[::1]:8080/path");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void opaqueUriUnchanged() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("mailto:user@example.com?subject=hello");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET mailto:user@example.com?subject=hello");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void relativeUri() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("/api/search?q=test");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.GET, uri))
+				.isEqualTo("GET /api/search");
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void prefixesHttpMethod() {
+		URI uri = URI.create("https://host/resource?v=1");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.POST, uri))
+				.startsWith("POST ");
+		assertThat(WebClientUtils.getRequestDescription(HttpMethod.DELETE, uri))
+				.startsWith("DELETE ");
+	}
+
+}