diff --git a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsPoller.java b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsPoller.java
index 1b1ded997..ff09d9cda 100644
--- a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsPoller.java
+++ b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsPoller.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public HystrixMetricsPoller(MetricsAsJsonPollerListener listener, int delay) {
     public synchronized void start() {
         // use compareAndSet to make sure it starts only once and when not running
         if (running.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
-            logger.info("Starting HystrixMetricsPoller");
+            logger.debug("Starting HystrixMetricsPoller");
             try {
                 scheduledTask = executor.scheduleWithFixedDelay(new MetricsPoller(listener), 0, delay, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
             } catch (Throwable ex) {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public synchronized void start() {
     public synchronized void pause() {
         // use compareAndSet to make sure it stops only once and when running
         if (running.compareAndSet(true, false)) {
-            logger.info("Stopping the HystrixMetricsPoller");
+            logger.debug("Stopping the HystrixMetricsPoller");
             scheduledTask.cancel(true);
         } else {
             logger.debug("Attempted to pause a stopped poller");
diff --git a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsStreamServlet.java b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsStreamServlet.java
index aafafe9a6..60714d4fc 100644
--- a/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsStreamServlet.java
+++ b/hystrix-contrib/hystrix-metrics-event-stream/src/main/java/com/netflix/hystrix/contrib/metrics/eventstream/HystrixMetricsStreamServlet.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse respo
                 poller = new HystrixMetricsPoller(jsonListener, delay);
                 // start polling and it will write directly to the output stream
                 poller.start();
-                logger.info("Starting poller");
+                logger.debug("Starting poller");
 
                 // we will use a "single-writer" approach where the Servlet thread does all the writing
                 // by fetching JSON messages from the MetricJsonListener to write them to the output
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse respo
                     }
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                     poller.shutdown();
-                    logger.debug("InterruptedException. Will stop polling.");	
+                    logger.debug("InterruptedException. Will stop polling.");
                     Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                 } catch (IOException e) {
                     poller.shutdown();
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ private void handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse respo
                     logger.debug("IOException while trying to write (generally caused by client disconnecting). Will stop polling.", e);
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     poller.shutdown();
-                    logger.error("Failed to write. Will stop polling.", e);
+                    logger.error("Failed to write Hystrix metrics. Will stop polling.", e);
                 }
                 logger.debug("Stopping Turbine stream to connection");
             }