diff --git a/sphinx/builders/__init__.py b/sphinx/builders/__init__.py
index 7448e2682..3a592a257 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/__init__.py
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ class Builder(object):
                     if candidate:
                         break
                 else:
-                    logger.warn_node('no matching candidate for image URI %r' % node['uri'],
-                                     node)
+                    logger.warning('no matching candidate for image URI %r', node['uri'],
+                                   location=node)
                     continue
                 node['uri'] = candidate
             else:
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/cpp.py b/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
index 52d520a05..cfdbc99d9 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/cpp.py
@@ -4885,7 +4885,7 @@ class CPPDomain(Domain):
         class Warner(object):
             def warn(self, msg):
                 if emitWarnings:
-                    logger.warn_node(msg, node)
+                    logger.warning(msg, location=node)
         warner = Warner()
         parser = DefinitionParser(target, warner, env.config)
         try:
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/python.py b/sphinx/domains/python.py
index 1da874ea2..886b1f863 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/python.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/python.py
@@ -787,10 +787,9 @@ class PythonDomain(Domain):
         if not matches:
             return None
         elif len(matches) > 1:
-            logger.warn_node(
-                'more than one target found for cross-reference '
-                '%r: %s' % (target, ', '.join(match[0] for match in matches)),
-                node)
+            logger.warning('more than one target found for cross-reference %r: %s',
+                           target, ', '.join(match[0] for match in matches),
+                           location=node)
         name, obj = matches[0]
 
         if obj[1] == 'module':
diff --git a/sphinx/domains/std.py b/sphinx/domains/std.py
index eb355ecf2..c351a15af 100644
--- a/sphinx/domains/std.py
+++ b/sphinx/domains/std.py
@@ -573,8 +573,8 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
             label = node[0].astext()
             if label in self.data['citations']:
                 path = env.doc2path(self.data['citations'][label][0])
-                logger.warn_node('duplicate citation %s, other instance in %s' %
-                                 (label, path), node)
+                logger.warning('duplicate citation %s, other instance in %s', label, path,
+                               location=node)
             self.data['citations'][label] = (docname, node['ids'][0])
 
     def note_labels(self, env, docname, document):
@@ -596,8 +596,9 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
                 # link and object descriptions
                 continue
             if name in labels:
-                logger.warn_node('duplicate label %s, ' % name + 'other instance '
-                                 'in ' + env.doc2path(labels[name][0]), node)
+                logger.warning('duplicate label %s, ' % name + 'other instance '
+                               'in ' + env.doc2path(labels[name][0]),
+                               location=node)
             anonlabels[name] = docname, labelid
             if node.tagname == 'section':
                 sectname = clean_astext(node[0])  # node[0] == title node
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
             return None
 
         if env.config.numfig is False:
-            logger.warn_node('numfig is disabled. :numref: is ignored.', node)
+            logger.warning('numfig is disabled. :numref: is ignored.', location=node)
             return contnode
 
         target_node = env.get_doctree(docname).ids.get(labelid)
@@ -701,7 +702,8 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
             if fignumber is None:
                 return contnode
         except ValueError:
-            logger.warn_node("no number is assigned for %s: %s" % (figtype, labelid), node)
+            logger.warning("no number is assigned for %s: %s", figtype, labelid,
+                           location=node)
             return contnode
 
         try:
@@ -711,7 +713,7 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
                 title = env.config.numfig_format.get(figtype, '')
 
             if figname is None and '%{name}' in title:
-                logger.warn_node('the link has no caption: %s' % title, node)
+                logger.warning('the link has no caption: %s', title, location=node)
                 return contnode
             else:
                 fignum = '.'.join(map(str, fignumber))
@@ -725,10 +727,10 @@ class StandardDomain(Domain):
                     # old style format (cf. "Fig.%s")
                     newtitle = title % fignum
         except KeyError as exc:
-            logger.warn_node('invalid numfig_format: %s (%r)' % (title, exc), node)
+            logger.warning('invalid numfig_format: %s (%r)', title, exc, location=node)
             return contnode
         except TypeError:
-            logger.warn_node('invalid numfig_format: %s' % title, node)
+            logger.warning('invalid numfig_format: %s', title, location=node)
             return contnode
 
         return self.build_reference_node(fromdocname, builder,
diff --git a/sphinx/environment/__init__.py b/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
index 4b6e9bf31..1fb9ec19e 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment/__init__.py
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
             rel_filename, filename = self.relfn2path(targetname, docname)
             self.dependencies[docname].add(rel_filename)
             if not os.access(filename, os.R_OK):
-                logger.warn_node('download file not readable: %s' % filename,
-                                 node)
+                logger.warning('download file not readable: %s', filename,
+                               location=node)
                 continue
             uniquename = self.dlfiles.add_file(docname, filename)
             node['filename'] = uniquename
@@ -921,8 +921,8 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
                     if mimetype not in candidates:
                         globbed.setdefault(mimetype, []).append(new_imgpath)
                 except (OSError, IOError) as err:
-                    logger.warn_node('image file %s not readable: %s' %
-                                     (filename, err), node)
+                    logger.warning('image file %s not readable: %s', filename, err,
+                                   location=node)
             for key, files in iteritems(globbed):
                 candidates[key] = sorted(files, key=len)[0]  # select by similarity
 
@@ -934,13 +934,13 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
             node['candidates'] = candidates = {}
             imguri = node['uri']
             if imguri.startswith('data:'):
-                logger.warn_node('image data URI found. some builders might not support', node,
-                                 type='image', subtype='data_uri')
+                logger.warning('image data URI found. some builders might not support',
+                               location=node, type='image', subtype='data_uri')
                 candidates['?'] = imguri
                 continue
             elif imguri.find('://') != -1:
-                logger.warn_node('nonlocal image URI found: %s' % imguri, node,
-                                 type='image', subtype='nonlocal_uri')
+                logger.warning('nonlocal image URI found: %s', imguri,
+                               location=node, type='image', subtype='nonlocal_uri')
                 candidates['?'] = imguri
                 continue
             rel_imgpath, full_imgpath = self.relfn2path(imguri, docname)
@@ -969,8 +969,8 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
             for imgpath in itervalues(candidates):
                 self.dependencies[docname].add(imgpath)
                 if not os.access(path.join(self.srcdir, imgpath), os.R_OK):
-                    logger.warn_node('image file not readable: %s' % imgpath,
-                                     node)
+                    logger.warning('image file not readable: %s', imgpath,
+                                   location=node)
                     continue
                 self.images.add_file(docname, imgpath)
 
@@ -1183,7 +1183,8 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
                   (node['refdomain'], typ)
         else:
             msg = '%r reference target not found: %%(target)s' % typ
-        logger.warn_node(msg % {'target': target}, node, type='ref', subtype=typ)
+        logger.warning(msg % {'target': target},
+                       location=node, type='ref', subtype=typ)
 
     def _resolve_doc_reference(self, builder, refdoc, node, contnode):
         # type: (Builder, unicode, nodes.Node, nodes.Node) -> nodes.Node
@@ -1234,9 +1235,9 @@ class BuildEnvironment(object):
             return None
         if len(results) > 1:
             nice_results = ' or '.join(':%s:' % r[0] for r in results)
-            logger.warn_node('more than one target found for \'any\' cross-'
-                             'reference %r: could be %s' % (target, nice_results),
-                             node)
+            logger.warning('more than one target found for \'any\' cross-'
+                           'reference %r: could be %s', target, nice_results,
+                           location=node)
         res_role, newnode = results[0]
         # Override "any" class with the actual role type to get the styling
         # approximately correct.
diff --git a/sphinx/environment/managers/indexentries.py b/sphinx/environment/managers/indexentries.py
index 43e3b4c83..ef9c84d02 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment/managers/indexentries.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment/managers/indexentries.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class IndexEntries(EnvironmentManager):
                 for entry in node['entries']:
                     split_index_msg(entry[0], entry[1])
             except ValueError as exc:
-                logger.warn_node(str(exc), node)
+                logger.warning(str(exc), location=node)
                 node.parent.remove(node)
             else:
                 for entry in node['entries']:
diff --git a/sphinx/environment/managers/toctree.py b/sphinx/environment/managers/toctree.py
index 64937b7fa..1df3f0999 100644
--- a/sphinx/environment/managers/toctree.py
+++ b/sphinx/environment/managers/toctree.py
@@ -317,15 +317,13 @@ class Toctree(EnvironmentManager):
                                     refnode.children = [nodes.Text(title)]
                     if not toc.children:
                         # empty toc means: no titles will show up in the toctree
-                        logger.warn_node(
-                            'toctree contains reference to document %r that '
-                            'doesn\'t have a title: no link will be generated'
-                            % ref, toctreenode)
+                        logger.warning('toctree contains reference to document %r that '
+                                       'doesn\'t have a title: no link will be generated',
+                                       ref, location=toctreenode)
                 except KeyError:
                     # this is raised if the included file does not exist
-                    logger.warn_node(
-                        'toctree contains reference to nonexisting document %r'
-                        % ref, toctreenode)
+                    logger.warning('toctree contains reference to nonexisting document %r',
+                                   ref, location=toctreenode)
                 else:
                     # if titles_only is given, only keep the main title and
                     # sub-toctrees
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autosectionlabel.py b/sphinx/ext/autosectionlabel.py
index 78cb3c042..d45ba66a6 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autosectionlabel.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autosectionlabel.py
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ def register_sections_as_label(app, document):
         sectname = clean_astext(node[0])
 
         if name in labels:
-            logger.warn_node('duplicate label %s, ' % name + 'other instance '
-                             'in ' + app.env.doc2path(labels[name][0]), node)
+            logger.warning('duplicate label %s, ' % name + 'other instance '
+                           'in ' + app.env.doc2path(labels[name][0]),
+                           location=node)
 
         anonlabels[name] = docname, labelid
         labels[name] = docname, labelid, sectname
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/todo.py b/sphinx/ext/todo.py
index e8d8201df..f575e7462 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/todo.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/todo.py
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ def process_todos(app, doctree):
         })
 
         if env.config.todo_emit_warnings:
-            logger.warn_node("TODO entry found: %s" % node[1].astext(), node)
+            logger.warning("TODO entry found: %s", node[1].astext(),
+                           location=node)
 
 
 class TodoList(Directive):
diff --git a/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py b/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py
index fad0d0038..4eb65af6e 100644
--- a/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class AutoIndexUpgrader(Transform):
             if 'entries' in node and any(len(entry) == 4 for entry in node['entries']):
                 msg = ('4 column based index found. '
                        'It might be a bug of extensions you use: %r' % node['entries'])
-                logger.warn_node(msg, node)
+                logger.warning(msg, location=node)
                 for i, entry in enumerate(node['entries']):
                     if len(entry) == 4:
                         node['entries'][i] = entry + (None,)
diff --git a/sphinx/transforms/i18n.py b/sphinx/transforms/i18n.py
index addd617d4..8663c573d 100644
--- a/sphinx/transforms/i18n.py
+++ b/sphinx/transforms/i18n.py
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ class Locale(Transform):
             old_foot_refs = node.traverse(is_autonumber_footnote_ref)
             new_foot_refs = patch.traverse(is_autonumber_footnote_ref)
             if len(old_foot_refs) != len(new_foot_refs):
-                logger.warn_node('inconsistent footnote references in '
-                                 'translated message', node)
+                logger.warning('inconsistent footnote references in translated message',
+                               location=node)
             old_foot_namerefs = {}  # type: Dict[unicode, List[nodes.footnote_reference]]
             for r in old_foot_refs:
                 old_foot_namerefs.setdefault(r.get('refname'), []).append(r)
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ class Locale(Transform):
             old_refs = node.traverse(is_refnamed_ref)
             new_refs = patch.traverse(is_refnamed_ref)
             if len(old_refs) != len(new_refs):
-                logger.warn_node('inconsistent references in translated message', node)
+                logger.warning('inconsistent references in translated message',
+                               location=node)
             old_ref_names = [r['refname'] for r in old_refs]
             new_ref_names = [r['refname'] for r in new_refs]
             orphans = list(set(old_ref_names) - set(new_ref_names))
@@ -337,7 +338,8 @@ class Locale(Transform):
             new_refs = patch.traverse(is_refnamed_footnote_ref)
             refname_ids_map = {}
             if len(old_refs) != len(new_refs):
-                logger.warn_node('inconsistent references in translated message', node)
+                logger.warning('inconsistent references in translated message',
+                               location=node)
             for old in old_refs:
                 refname_ids_map[old["refname"]] = old["ids"]
             for new in new_refs:
@@ -352,7 +354,8 @@ class Locale(Transform):
             new_refs = patch.traverse(addnodes.pending_xref)
             xref_reftarget_map = {}
             if len(old_refs) != len(new_refs):
-                logger.warn_node('inconsistent term references in translated message', node)
+                logger.warning('inconsistent term references in translated message',
+                               location=node)
 
             def get_ref_key(node):
                 # type: (nodes.Node) -> Tuple[unicode, unicode, unicode]
diff --git a/sphinx/util/logging.py b/sphinx/util/logging.py
index 95b14be9a..ecec2649a 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/logging.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/logging.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from six import PY2, StringIO
+from docutils import nodes
 from docutils.utils import get_source_line
 
 from sphinx.errors import SphinxWarning
@@ -92,23 +93,6 @@ class SphinxWarningLogRecord(logging.LogRecord):
 class SphinxLoggerAdapter(logging.LoggerAdapter):
     """LoggerAdapter allowing ``type`` and ``subtype`` keywords."""
 
-    def warn_node(self, message, node, **kwargs):
-        # type: (unicode, nodes.Node, Any) -> None
-        """Emit a warning for specific node.
-
-        :param message: a message of warning
-        :param node: a node related with the warning
-        """
-        (source, line) = get_source_line(node)
-        if source and line:
-            kwargs['location'] = "%s:%s" % (source, line)
-        elif source:
-            kwargs['location'] = "%s:" % source
-        elif line:
-            kwargs['location'] = "<unknown>:%s" % line
-
-        self.warning(message, **kwargs)
-
     def log(self, level, msg, *args, **kwargs):
         # type: (Union[int, str], unicode, Any, Any) -> None
         if isinstance(level, int):
@@ -374,6 +358,16 @@ class WarningLogRecordTranslator(logging.Filter):
                 record.location = '%s' % self.app.env.doc2path(docname)
             else:
                 record.location = None
+        elif isinstance(location, nodes.Node):
+            (source, line) = get_source_line(location)
+            if source and line:
+                record.location = "%s:%s" % (source, line)
+            elif source:
+                record.location = "%s:" % source
+            elif line:
+                record.location = "<unknown>:%s" % line
+            else:
+                record.location = None
         elif location and ':' not in location:
             record.location = '%s' % self.app.env.doc2path(location)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/util/nodes.py b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
index a5aa58444..4c574c242 100644
--- a/sphinx/util/nodes.py
+++ b/sphinx/util/nodes.py
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ def process_only_nodes(doctree, tags):
         try:
             ret = tags.eval_condition(node['expr'])
         except Exception as err:
-            logger.warn_node('exception while evaluating only '
-                             'directive expression: %s' % err, node)
+            logger.warning('exception while evaluating only directive expression: %s', err,
+                           location=node)
             node.replace_self(node.children or nodes.comment())
         else:
             if ret:
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/html.py b/sphinx/writers/html.py
index 0daaffd82..6a455cdb4 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/html.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/html.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class HTMLTranslator(BaseTranslator):
         if figtype:
             if len(node['ids']) == 0:
                 msg = 'Any IDs not assigned for %s node' % node.tagname
-                logger.warn_node(msg, node)
+                logger.warning(msg, location=node)
             else:
                 append_fignumber(figtype, node['ids'][0])
 
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ class HTMLTranslator(BaseTranslator):
             if not ('width' in node and 'height' in node):
                 size = get_image_size(os.path.join(self.builder.srcdir, olduri))
                 if size is None:
-                    logger.warn_node('Could not obtain image size. '
-                                     ':scale: option is ignored.', node)
+                    logger.warning('Could not obtain image size. :scale: option is ignored.',
+                                   location=node)
                 else:
                     if 'width' not in node:
                         node['width'] = str(size[0])
diff --git a/tests/test_util_logging.py b/tests/test_util_logging.py
index 59c899369..0fc7277a7 100644
--- a/tests/test_util_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_util_logging.py
@@ -199,30 +199,24 @@ def test_warning_location(app, status, warning):
     assert 'index.txt:10: WARNING: message2' in warning.getvalue()
 
     logger.warning('message3', location=None)
-    assert '\x1b[31mWARNING: message3' in warning.getvalue()  # \x1b[31m = darkred
-
-
-@with_app()
-def test_warn_node(app, status, warning):
-    logging.setup(app, status, warning)
-    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+    assert colorize('darkred', 'WARNING: message3') in warning.getvalue()
 
     node = nodes.Node()
     node.source, node.line = ('index.txt', 10)
-    logger.warn_node('message1', node)
-    assert 'index.txt:10: WARNING: message1' in warning.getvalue()
+    logger.warning('message4', location=node)
+    assert 'index.txt:10: WARNING: message4' in warning.getvalue()
 
     node.source, node.line = ('index.txt', None)
-    logger.warn_node('message2', node)
-    assert 'index.txt:: WARNING: message2' in warning.getvalue()
+    logger.warning('message5', location=node)
+    assert 'index.txt:: WARNING: message5' in warning.getvalue()
 
     node.source, node.line = (None, 10)
-    logger.warn_node('message3', node)
-    assert '<unknown>:10: WARNING: message3' in warning.getvalue()
+    logger.warning('message6', location=node)
+    assert '<unknown>:10: WARNING: message6' in warning.getvalue()
 
     node.source, node.line = (None, None)
-    logger.warn_node('message4', node)
-    assert '\x1b[31mWARNING: message4' in warning.getvalue()  # \x1b[31m = darkred
+    logger.warning('message7', location=node)
+    assert colorize('darkred', 'WARNING: message7') in warning.getvalue()
 
 
 @with_app()