diff --git a/endpoints/v1/index.py b/endpoints/v1/index.py
index 42e1b26d0..f5aeabd28 100644
--- a/endpoints/v1/index.py
+++ b/endpoints/v1/index.py
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ def create_repository(namespace_name, repo_name):
   else:
     create_perm = CreateRepositoryPermission(namespace_name)
     if not create_perm.can():
-      logger.info('Attempt to create a new repo %s/%s with insufficient perms', namespace_name,
-                  repo_name)
+      logger.warning('Attempt to create a new repo %s/%s with insufficient perms', namespace_name,
+                     repo_name)
       msg = 'You do not have permission to create repositories in namespace "%(namespace)s"'
       abort(403, message=msg, issue='no-create-permission', namespace=namespace_name)
 
diff --git a/endpoints/v2/manifest.py b/endpoints/v2/manifest.py
index 8c34e6fb5..89a133bb6 100644
--- a/endpoints/v2/manifest.py
+++ b/endpoints/v2/manifest.py
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ def _write_manifest(namespace_name, repo_name, manifest):
     raise NameInvalid()
 
   if not manifest.layers:
-    logger.info("manifest provided with no layers")
     raise ManifestInvalid(detail={'message': 'manifest does not reference any layers'})
 
   # Ensure all the blobs in the manifest exist.