diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java
index c56885eded38f..1c3fb1907a6ea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentMapper.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ private void maybeLog(Exception ex) {
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             logger.debug("Error while parsing document: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
         } else if (IntervalThrottler.DOCUMENT_PARSING_FAILURE.accept()) {
-            logger.error("Error while parsing document: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
+            logger.info("Error while parsing document: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
         }
     }