diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e17e82f73c..293dc55d3c 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 2.0.14:
+ * Lower logging level from ERROR to DEBUG when a scheduled schema pull
+   cannot be completed due to a node being down (CASSANDRA-9032)
  * Fix MOVED_NODE client event (CASSANDRA-8516)
  * Allow overriding MAX_OUTSTANDING_REPLAY_COUNT (CASSANDRA-7533)
  * Fix malformed JMX ObjectName containing IPv6 addresses (CASSANDRA-9027)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/MigrationTask.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/MigrationTask.java
index 0944c55961..290465e508 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/MigrationTask.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/service/MigrationTask.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class MigrationTask extends WrappedRunnable
 
         if (!FailureDetector.instance.isAlive(endpoint))
         {
-            logger.error("Can't send migration request: node {} is down.", endpoint);
+            logger.debug("Can't send schema pull request: node {} is down.", endpoint);
             return;
         }