diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 228bbf4e9583..9810a920eb96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### ⚠️ Breaking Changes
+
+- Logback appender `captureArguments` option split into two options: `captureTemplate` and `captureArguments`
+  ([#15423](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation/pull/15423))
+
+
 ## Version 2.22.0 (2025-11-20)
 
 ### ⚠️ Breaking Changes
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/README.md b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/README.md
index a071543e88c8..e2dde2060490 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 | `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-marker-attribute`              | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback markers as attributes.                                                                                                                                    |
 | `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-key-value-pair-attributes`     | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback key value pairs as attributes.                                                                                                                            |
 | `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logger-context-attributes`     | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback logger context properties as attributes.                                                                                                                  |
-| `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-arguments`                     | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback logger arguments.                                                                                                                                         |
+| `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-template`                      | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback log event message template (if arguments are provided).                                                                                                   |
+| `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-arguments`                     | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback log event arguments.                                                                                                                                      |
 | `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logstash-marker-attributes`    | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logstash markers, supported are those added to logs via `Markers.append()`, `Markers.appendEntries()`, `Markers.appendArray()` and `Markers.appendRaw()` methods. |
 | `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logstash-structured-arguments` | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logstash StructuredArguments as attributes (e.g., `StructuredArguments.v()` and `StructuredArguments.keyValue()`).                                                |
 | `otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-mdc-attributes`                | String  |         | Comma separated list of MDC attributes to capture. Use the wildcard character `*` to capture all attributes.                                                                            |
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/LogbackSingletons.java b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/LogbackSingletons.java
index ffd92bd1497d..903605643e39 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/LogbackSingletons.java
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/javaagent/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/LogbackSingletons.java
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public final class LogbackSingletons {
         config.getBoolean(
             "otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-logger-context-attributes",
             false);
+    boolean captureTemplate =
+        config.getBoolean(
+            "otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-template", false);
     boolean captureArguments =
         config.getBoolean(
             "otel.instrumentation.logback-appender.experimental.capture-arguments", false);
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ public final class LogbackSingletons {
             .setCaptureMarkerAttribute(captureMarkerAttribute)
             .setCaptureKeyValuePairAttributes(captureKeyValuePairAttributes)
             .setCaptureLoggerContext(captureLoggerContext)
+            .setCaptureTemplate(captureTemplate)
             .setCaptureArguments(captureArguments)
             .setCaptureLogstashMarkerAttributes(captureLogstashMarkerAttributes)
             .setCaptureLogstashStructuredArguments(captureLogstashStructuredArguments)
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/README.md b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/README.md
index 57c50e79072c..894f0cbd5712 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/README.md
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ The available settings are:
 | `captureMarkerAttribute`             | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback markers as attributes.                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | `captureKeyValuePairAttributes`      | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback key value pairs as attributes.                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | `captureLoggerContext`               | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback logger context properties as attributes.                                                                                                                                                                            |
-| `captureArguments`                   | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback logger arguments.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
+| `captureTemplate`                    | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback log event message template (if arguments are provided).                                                                                                                                                             |
+| `captureArguments`                   | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logback log event arguments.                                                                                                                                                                                                |
 | `captureLogstashMarkerAttributes`    | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logstash markers, supported are those added to logs via `Markers.append()`, `Markers.appendEntries()`, `Markers.appendArray()` and `Markers.appendRaw()` methods.                                                           |
 | `captureLogstashStructuredArguments` | Boolean | `false` | Enable the capture of Logstash StructuredArguments as attributes (e.g., `StructuredArguments.v()` and `StructuredArguments.keyValue()`).                                                                                                          |
 | `captureMdcAttributes`               | String  |         | Comma separated list of MDC attributes to capture. Use the wildcard character `*` to capture all attributes.                                                                                                                                      |
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java
index 3bd21953efdf..e73c6a080a9e 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/OpenTelemetryAppender.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public class OpenTelemetryAppender extends UnsynchronizedAppenderBase<ILoggingEv
   private boolean captureMarkerAttribute = false;
   private boolean captureKeyValuePairAttributes = false;
   private boolean captureLoggerContext = false;
+  private boolean captureTemplate = false;
   private boolean captureArguments = false;
   private boolean captureLogstashMarkerAttributes = false;
   private boolean captureLogstashStructuredArguments = false;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public void start() {
             .setCaptureMarkerAttribute(captureMarkerAttribute)
             .setCaptureKeyValuePairAttributes(captureKeyValuePairAttributes)
             .setCaptureLoggerContext(captureLoggerContext)
+            .setCaptureTemplate(captureTemplate)
             .setCaptureArguments(captureArguments)
             .setCaptureLogstashMarkerAttributes(captureLogstashMarkerAttributes)
             .setCaptureLogstashStructuredArguments(captureLogstashStructuredArguments)
@@ -177,6 +179,16 @@ public void setCaptureLoggerContext(boolean captureLoggerContext) {
     this.captureLoggerContext = captureLoggerContext;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets whether the message template should be captured in logs if arguments are provided.
+   *
+   * @param captureTemplate whether the message template should be captured in logs if arguments are
+   *     provided
+   */
+  public void setCaptureTemplate(boolean captureTemplate) {
+    this.captureTemplate = captureTemplate;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Sets whether the arguments should be set to logs.
    *
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/internal/LoggingEventMapper.java b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/internal/LoggingEventMapper.java
index a35c72a075ab..c8d52c454555 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/internal/LoggingEventMapper.java
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/internal/LoggingEventMapper.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public final class LoggingEventMapper {
   private final boolean captureMarkerAttribute;
   private final boolean captureKeyValuePairAttributes;
   private final boolean captureLoggerContext;
+  private final boolean captureTemplate;
   private final boolean captureArguments;
   private final boolean captureLogstashMarkerAttributes;
   private final boolean captureLogstashStructuredArguments;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ private LoggingEventMapper(Builder builder) {
     this.captureMarkerAttribute = builder.captureMarkerAttribute;
     this.captureKeyValuePairAttributes = builder.captureKeyValuePairAttributes;
     this.captureLoggerContext = builder.captureLoggerContext;
+    this.captureTemplate = builder.captureTemplate;
     this.captureArguments = builder.captureArguments;
     this.captureLogstashMarkerAttributes = builder.captureLogstashMarkerAttributes;
     this.captureLogstashStructuredArguments = builder.captureLogstashStructuredArguments;
@@ -215,10 +217,16 @@ private void mapLoggingEvent(
       captureLoggerContext(builder, loggingEvent.getLoggerContextVO().getPropertyMap());
     }
 
+    if (captureTemplate
+        && loggingEvent.getArgumentArray() != null
+        && loggingEvent.getArgumentArray().length > 0) {
+      captureTemplate(builder, loggingEvent);
+    }
+
     if (captureArguments
         && loggingEvent.getArgumentArray() != null
         && loggingEvent.getArgumentArray().length > 0) {
-      captureArguments(builder, loggingEvent.getMessage(), loggingEvent.getArgumentArray());
+      captureArguments(builder, loggingEvent.getArgumentArray());
     }
 
     if (supportsLogstashMarkers && captureLogstashMarkerAttributes) {
@@ -265,8 +273,11 @@ void captureMdcAttributes(LogRecordBuilder builder, Map<String, String> mdcPrope
     }
   }
 
-  void captureArguments(LogRecordBuilder builder, String message, Object[] arguments) {
-    builder.setAttribute(LOG_BODY_TEMPLATE, message);
+  private static void captureTemplate(LogRecordBuilder builder, ILoggingEvent loggingEvent) {
+    builder.setAttribute(LOG_BODY_TEMPLATE, loggingEvent.getMessage());
+  }
+
+  private static void captureArguments(LogRecordBuilder builder, Object[] arguments) {
     builder.setAttribute(
         LOG_BODY_PARAMETERS,
         Arrays.stream(arguments).map(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.toList()));
@@ -679,6 +690,7 @@ public static final class Builder {
     private boolean captureMarkerAttribute;
     private boolean captureKeyValuePairAttributes;
     private boolean captureLoggerContext;
+    private boolean captureTemplate;
     private boolean captureArguments;
     private boolean captureLogstashMarkerAttributes;
     private boolean captureLogstashStructuredArguments;
@@ -722,6 +734,12 @@ public Builder setCaptureLoggerContext(boolean captureLoggerContext) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
+    public Builder setCaptureTemplate(boolean captureTemplate) {
+      this.captureTemplate = captureTemplate;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     @CanIgnoreReturnValue
     public Builder setCaptureArguments(boolean captureArguments) {
       this.captureArguments = captureArguments;
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/Slf4j2Test.java b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/Slf4j2Test.java
index 60be22315a59..a92610153a61 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/Slf4j2Test.java
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/logback/appender/v1_0/Slf4j2Test.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void multipleMarkers() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void arguments() {
+  void argumentsAndTemplate() {
     logger
         .atInfo()
         .setMessage("log message {} and {}, bool {}, long {}")
diff --git a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/resources/logback-test.xml b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/resources/logback-test.xml
index 92b2ddefc859..e9195480ba5c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/instrumentation/logback/logback-appender-1.0/library/src/slf4j2ApiTest/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <captureCodeAttributes>true</captureCodeAttributes>
     <captureMarkerAttribute>true</captureMarkerAttribute>
     <captureKeyValuePairAttributes>true</captureKeyValuePairAttributes>
+    <captureTemplate>true</captureTemplate>
     <captureArguments>true</captureArguments>
     <captureLogstashMarkerAttributes>true</captureLogstashMarkerAttributes>
     <captureLogstashStructuredArguments>true</captureLogstashStructuredArguments>