diff --git a/src/auth.c b/src/auth.c
index 8dae696d..1f8a08b4 100644
--- a/src/auth.c
+++ b/src/auth.c
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ int ssh_userauth_publickey_auto(ssh_session session,
         return SSH_AUTH_ERROR;
     }
 
-    SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_INFO,
+    SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_DEBUG,
             "Starting authentication as a user %s",
             username ? username : session->opts.username);
 
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index eceaba61..12eb3a71 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@ local_parse_file(ssh_session session,
 
     f = ssh_strict_fopen(filename, SSH_MAX_CONFIG_FILE_SIZE);
     if (f == NULL) {
-        /* The underlying function logs the reasons */
+        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_RARE,
+                "Failed to open included configuration file %s",
+                filename);
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 0d702f7b..4b8d3616 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -2454,7 +2454,7 @@ FILE *ssh_strict_fopen(const char *filename, size_t max_file_size)
     /* open first to avoid TOCTOU */
     fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
     if (fd == -1) {
-        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_RARE,
+        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_TRACE,
                 "Failed to open a file %s for reading: %s",
                 filename,
                 ssh_strerror(errno, err_msg, SSH_ERRNO_MSG_MAX));
@@ -2464,7 +2464,7 @@ FILE *ssh_strict_fopen(const char *filename, size_t max_file_size)
     /* Check the file is sensible for a configuration file */
     r = fstat(fd, &sb);
     if (r != 0) {
-        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_RARE,
+        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_TRACE,
                 "Failed to stat %s: %s",
                 filename,
                 ssh_strerror(errno, err_msg, SSH_ERRNO_MSG_MAX));
@@ -2472,7 +2472,7 @@ FILE *ssh_strict_fopen(const char *filename, size_t max_file_size)
         return NULL;
     }
     if ((sb.st_mode & S_IFMT) != S_IFREG) {
-        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_RARE,
+        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_TRACE,
                 "The file %s is not a regular file: skipping",
                 filename);
         close(fd);
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ FILE *ssh_strict_fopen(const char *filename, size_t max_file_size)
     }
 
     if ((size_t)sb.st_size > max_file_size) {
-        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_RARE,
+        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_TRACE,
                 "The file %s is too large (%jd MB > %zu MB): skipping",
                 filename,
                 (intmax_t)sb.st_size / 1024 / 1024,
@@ -2491,7 +2491,7 @@ FILE *ssh_strict_fopen(const char *filename, size_t max_file_size)
 
     f = fdopen(fd, "r");
     if (f == NULL) {
-        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_RARE,
+        SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_TRACE,
                 "Failed to open a file %s for reading: %s",
                 filename,
                 ssh_strerror(r, err_msg, SSH_ERRNO_MSG_MAX));
diff --git a/src/socket.c b/src/socket.c
index 09bc71ef..7a8bf168 100644
--- a/src/socket.c
+++ b/src/socket.c
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ ssh_socket_connect_proxyjump(ssh_socket s)
 
     session = s->session;
 
-    SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_INFO,
+    SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_DEBUG,
             "Connecting to host %s port %d user %s through ProxyJump",
             session->opts.host,
             session->opts.port,
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ ssh_socket_connect_proxyjump(ssh_socket s)
     /* transferred to the jump_thread_data */
     jump_session = NULL;
 
-    SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_INFO,
+    SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_DEBUG,
             "Starting proxy thread to host %s port %d user %s, callbacks=%p",
             jump_thread_data->next_jump->hostname,
             jump_thread_data->next_jump->port,