diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index beb26080cdc..3bf170bb3b4 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -1597,9 +1597,16 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) syncPod(o syncPodOptions) error {
 	result := kl.containerRuntime.SyncPod(pod, apiPodStatus, podStatus, pullSecrets, kl.backOff)
 	kl.reasonCache.Update(pod.UID, result)
 	if err := result.Error(); err != nil {
-		// Do not record an event here, as we keep all event logging for sync pod failures
-		// local to container runtime so we get better errors
-		return err
+		// Do not return error if the only failures were pods in backoff
+		for _, r := range result.SyncResults {
+			if r.Error != kubecontainer.ErrCrashLoopBackOff && r.Error != images.ErrImagePullBackOff {
+				// Do not record an event here, as we keep all event logging for sync pod failures
+				// local to container runtime so we get better errors
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
index 4751352093a..6024999de9b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kuberuntime/kuberuntime_manager.go
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) computePodActions(pod *v1.Pod, podStatus *ku
 		if containerStatus == nil || containerStatus.State != kubecontainer.ContainerStateRunning {
 			if kubecontainer.ShouldContainerBeRestarted(&container, pod, podStatus) {
 				message := fmt.Sprintf("Container %+v is dead, but RestartPolicy says that we should restart it.", container)
-				glog.Info(message)
+				glog.V(3).Infof(message)
 				changes.ContainersToStart = append(changes.ContainersToStart, idx)
 			}
 			continue
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) doBackOff(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Contain
 		return false, "", nil
 	}
 
-	glog.Infof("checking backoff for container %q in pod %q", container.Name, format.Pod(pod))
+	glog.V(3).Infof("checking backoff for container %q in pod %q", container.Name, format.Pod(pod))
 	// Use the finished time of the latest exited container as the start point to calculate whether to do back-off.
 	ts := cStatus.FinishedAt
 	// backOff requires a unique key to identify the container.
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ func (m *kubeGenericRuntimeManager) doBackOff(pod *v1.Pod, container *v1.Contain
 			m.recorder.Eventf(ref, v1.EventTypeWarning, events.BackOffStartContainer, "Back-off restarting failed container")
 		}
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Back-off %s restarting failed container=%s pod=%s", backOff.Get(key), container.Name, format.Pod(pod))
-		glog.Infof("%s", err.Error())
+		glog.V(3).Infof("%s", err.Error())
 		return true, err.Error(), kubecontainer.ErrCrashLoopBackOff
 	}