diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/HintedHandOffManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/HintedHandOffManager.java
index e3c0fd8fba..faaca4637f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/HintedHandOffManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/HintedHandOffManager.java
@@ -281,13 +281,13 @@ public class HintedHandOffManager implements HintedHandOffManagerMBean
     {
         try
         {
-            logger_.info("Checking remote schema before delivering hints");
+            logger_.debug("Checking remote schema before delivering hints");
             int waited = waitForSchemaAgreement(endpoint);
             // sleep a random amount to stagger handoff delivery from different replicas.
             // (if we had to wait, then gossiper randomness took care of that for us already.)
             if (waited == 0) {
                 int sleep = new Random().nextInt(60000);
-                logger_.info("Sleeping {}ms to stagger hint delivery", sleep);
+                logger_.debug("Sleeping {}ms to stagger hint delivery", sleep);
                 Thread.sleep(sleep);
             }
             if (!Gossiper.instance.getEndpointStateForEndpoint(endpoint).isAlive())
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/OutboundTcpConnection.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/OutboundTcpConnection.java
index 8cb74f5598..b5e6e39591 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/OutboundTcpConnection.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/net/OutboundTcpConnection.java
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ public class OutboundTcpConnection extends Thread
         }
         catch (IOException e)
         {
-            logger.info("error writing to " + endpoint);
-            logger.debug("error was ", e);
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+                logger.debug("error writing to " + endpoint, e);
             disconnect();
         }
     }