diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4b84edec45..cdb2b5e4ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Changed
 
   Contributed by @punkrokk
 
+* Added an enhancement where ST2api.log no longer reports the entire traceback when trying to get a datastore value
+  that does not exist. It now reports a simplified log for cleaner reading. Addresses and Fixes #4979. (improvement) #4981
+
+  Contributed by Justin Sostre (@saucetray)
+
 Fixed
 ~~~~~
 * Fixed a bug where `type` attribute was missing for netstat action in linux pack. Fixes #4946
diff --git a/st2common/st2common/exceptions/keyvalue.py b/st2common/st2common/exceptions/keyvalue.py
index aef134c600..185a5c606e 100644
--- a/st2common/st2common/exceptions/keyvalue.py
+++ b/st2common/st2common/exceptions/keyvalue.py
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from st2common.exceptions import StackStormBaseException
+from st2common.exceptions.db import StackStormDBObjectNotFoundError
 
 __all__ = [
     'CryptoKeyNotSetupException',
+    'DataStoreKeyNotFoundError',
     'InvalidScopeException'
 ]
 
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@ class CryptoKeyNotSetupException(StackStormBaseException):
     pass
 
 
+class DataStoreKeyNotFoundError(StackStormDBObjectNotFoundError):
+    pass
+
+
 class InvalidScopeException(StackStormBaseException):
     pass
 
diff --git a/st2common/st2common/persistence/keyvalue.py b/st2common/st2common/persistence/keyvalue.py
index e1108e39af..65619e7129 100644
--- a/st2common/st2common/persistence/keyvalue.py
+++ b/st2common/st2common/persistence/keyvalue.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from st2common.constants.triggers import KEY_VALUE_PAIR_UPDATE_TRIGGER
 from st2common.constants.triggers import KEY_VALUE_PAIR_VALUE_CHANGE_TRIGGER
 from st2common.constants.triggers import KEY_VALUE_PAIR_DELETE_TRIGGER
-from st2common.exceptions.db import StackStormDBObjectNotFoundError
+from st2common.exceptions.keyvalue import DataStoreKeyNotFoundError
 from st2common.models.api.keyvalue import KeyValuePairAPI
 from st2common.models.db.keyvalue import keyvaluepair_access
 from st2common.models.system.common import ResourceReference
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def get_by_scope_and_name(cls, scope, name):
 
         if not query_result:
             msg = 'The key "%s" does not exist in the StackStorm datastore.'
-            raise StackStormDBObjectNotFoundError(msg % name)
+            raise DataStoreKeyNotFoundError(msg % name)
 
         return query_result.first() if query_result else None
 
diff --git a/st2common/st2common/router.py b/st2common/st2common/router.py
index 83b4c12362..71afc2dc7c 100644
--- a/st2common/st2common/router.py
+++ b/st2common/st2common/router.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 from st2common.exceptions import rbac as rbac_exc
 from st2common.exceptions import auth as auth_exc
+from st2common.exceptions.keyvalue import DataStoreKeyNotFoundError
 from st2common import log as logging
 from st2common.persistence.auth import User
 from st2common.rbac.backends import get_rbac_backend
@@ -513,6 +514,10 @@ def __init__(self, **entries):
 
         try:
             resp = func(**kw)
+        except DataStoreKeyNotFoundError as e:
+            LOG.warning('Failed to call controller function "%s" for operation "%s": %s' %
+                       (func.__name__, endpoint['operationId'], six.text_type(e)))
+            raise e
         except Exception as e:
             LOG.exception('Failed to call controller function "%s" for operation "%s": %s' %
                           (func.__name__, endpoint['operationId'], six.text_type(e)))