diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml b/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml
index 280d0b77d..e57383eb5 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ module Java = struct
         false
 
 
-  let is_autogen_method {method_name} = String.contains method_name '$'
+  let is_autogen_method_name method_name = String.contains method_name '$'
+
+  let is_autogen_method {method_name} = is_autogen_method_name method_name
 
   (** Check if the proc name has the type of a java vararg. Note: currently only checks that the
       last argument has type Object[]. *)
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli b/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli
index 63ad63030..a61404600 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ module Java : sig
   val is_autogen_method : t -> bool
   (** Check if the procedure name is of an auto-generated method containing '$'. *)
 
+  val is_autogen_method_name : string -> bool
+  (** Check if the string of procedure name is of an auto-generated method containing '$'. *)
+
   val is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor_exn : t -> bool
   (** Check if the procedure name is an anonymous inner class constructor. Throws if it is not a
       Java type *)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/Differential.ml b/infer/src/backend/Differential.ml
index df4110c10..3d429b7c8 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/Differential.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/Differential.ml
@@ -260,14 +260,21 @@ let issue_of_cost kind CostIssues.{complexity_increase_issue; unreachable_issue;
               Format.asprintf "%a %t %s" MarkupFormatter.pp_bold
                 "This function is called during cold start!" pp_avg_inclusive_time common_msg )
       in
-      let msg =
+      let msg f =
         (* Java Only *)
-        if String.equal method_name Procname.Java.constructor_method_name then "constructor"
+        if String.equal method_name Procname.Java.constructor_method_name then
+          Format.pp_print_string f "constructor"
         else if String.equal method_name Procname.Java.class_initializer_method_name then
-          "class initializer"
-        else "this function"
+          Format.pp_print_string f "class initializer"
+        else
+          Format.fprintf f "%t%a"
+            (fun f ->
+              if Procname.Java.is_autogen_method_name method_name then
+                Format.pp_print_string f "auto-generated method " )
+            (MarkupFormatter.wrap_monospaced Format.pp_print_string)
+            method_name
       in
-      Format.asprintf "%s of %s has %a from %a to %a. %s %a"
+      Format.asprintf "%s of %t has %a from %a to %a. %s %a"
         (CostKind.to_complexity_string kind)
         msg
         (MarkupFormatter.wrap_bold pp_delta)