diff --git a/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go b/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go
index bea3f2c66f5..24044f8706d 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/garbagecollector.go
@@ -359,8 +359,8 @@ func (gc *GarbageCollector) attemptToDeleteWorker(ctx context.Context, item inte
 			// 2. The reference is to an invalid group/version. We don't currently
 			//    have a way to distinguish this from a valid type we will recognize
 			//    after the next discovery sync.
-			// For now, record the error and retry.
-			logger.V(5).Error(err, "error syncing item", "item", n.identity)
+			// For now, log the error and retry.
+			logger.V(5).Info("error syncing item", "item", n.identity, "err", err)
 		} else {
 			utilruntime.HandleError(fmt.Errorf("error syncing item %s: %v", n, err))
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/graph_builder.go b/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/graph_builder.go
index 893dabb6fe9..4ba27ed75e6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/graph_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/garbagecollector/graph_builder.go
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func (gb *GraphBuilder) controllerFor(logger klog.Logger, resource schema.GroupV
 
 	shared, err := gb.sharedInformers.ForResource(resource)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.V(4).Error(err, "unable to use a shared informer", "resource", resource, "kind", kind)
+		logger.V(4).Info("unable to use a shared informer", "resource", resource, "kind", kind, "err", err)
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	logger.V(4).Info("using a shared informer", "resource", resource, "kind", kind)