diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
index ecb2229b6df..3f88080bcfe 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/dockertools/docker.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"hash/adler32"
 	"io"
 	"math/rand"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ func NewDockerPuller(client DockerInterface, qps float32, burst int) DockerPulle
 	cfg, err := readDockerConfigFile()
 	if err == nil {
 		cfg.addToKeyring(dp.keyring)
-	} else {
-		glog.Errorf("Unable to parse Docker config file: %v", err)
+	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		glog.V(1).Infof("Unable to parse Docker config file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if dp.keyring.count() == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go b/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go
index 64e7831ec20..c04f115dc1c 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/minion/healthy_registry.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (r *HealthyRegistry) ListMinions(ctx api.Context) (currentMinions *api.Mini
 	for _, minion := range list.Items {
 		status, err := health.DoHTTPCheck(r.makeMinionURL(minion.ID), r.client)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.Errorf("%#v failed health check with error: %s", minion, err)
+			glog.V(1).Infof("%#v failed health check with error: %s", minion, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		if status == health.Healthy {