diff --git a/chain/exchange/server.go b/chain/exchange/server.go
index dcdb5b3a5..fbabe5f66 100644
--- a/chain/exchange/server.go
+++ b/chain/exchange/server.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (s *server) HandleStream(stream inet.Stream) {
 		log.Warnf("failed to read block sync request: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
-	log.Infow("block sync request",
+	log.Debugw("block sync request",
 		"start", req.Head, "len", req.Length)
 
 	resp, err := s.processRequest(ctx, &req)
diff --git a/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go b/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go
index 8c8a8af15..d9a92073a 100644
--- a/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go
+++ b/chain/messagepool/messagepool.go
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (ms *msgSet) add(m *types.SignedMessage, mp *MessagePool, strict, untrusted
 	}
 
 	if strict && nonceGap {
-		log.Warnf("adding nonce-gapped message from %s (nonce: %d, nextNonce: %d)",
+		log.Debugf("adding nonce-gapped message from %s (nonce: %d, nextNonce: %d)",
 			m.Message.From, m.Message.Nonce, nextNonce)
 	}
 
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ func (mp *MessagePool) MessagesForBlocks(blks []*types.BlockHeader) ([]*types.Si
 			if smsg != nil {
 				out = append(out, smsg)
 			} else {
-				log.Warnf("could not recover signature for bls message %s", msg.Cid())
+				log.Debugf("could not recover signature for bls message %s", msg.Cid())
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/chain/store/store.go b/chain/store/store.go
index 6a441cb74..955e521fd 100644
--- a/chain/store/store.go
+++ b/chain/store/store.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (cs *ChainStore) SubHeadChanges(ctx context.Context) chan []*api.HeadChange
 					log.Warn("chain head sub exit loop")
 					return
 				}
-				if len(out) > 0 {
+				if len(out) > 5 {
 					log.Warnf("head change sub is slow, has %d buffered entries", len(out))
 				}
 				select {
diff --git a/chain/sub/incoming.go b/chain/sub/incoming.go
index 1701866eb..a6557358e 100644
--- a/chain/sub/incoming.go
+++ b/chain/sub/incoming.go
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ func HandleIncomingBlocks(ctx context.Context, bsub *pubsub.Subscription, s *cha
 			}
 
 			took := build.Clock.Since(start)
-			log.Infow("new block over pubsub", "cid", blk.Header.Cid(), "source", msg.GetFrom(), "msgfetch", took)
+			log.Debugw("new block over pubsub", "cid", blk.Header.Cid(), "source", msg.GetFrom(), "msgfetch", took)
+			if took > 3*time.Second {
+				log.Warnw("Slow msg fetch", "cid", blk.Header.Cid(), "source", msg.GetFrom(), "msgfetch", took)
+			}
 			if delay := build.Clock.Now().Unix() - int64(blk.Header.Timestamp); delay > 5 {
 				log.Warnf("Received block with large delay %d from miner %s", delay, blk.Header.Miner)
 			}
diff --git a/chain/sync.go b/chain/sync.go
index 5813b939e..3e636bac4 100644
--- a/chain/sync.go
+++ b/chain/sync.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func (syncer *Syncer) InformNewHead(from peer.ID, fts *store.FullTipSet) bool {
 		for _, blk := range fts.TipSet().Blocks() {
 			miners = append(miners, blk.Miner.String())
 		}
-		log.Infow("incoming tipset does not appear to be better than our best chain, ignoring for now", "miners", miners, "bestPweight", bestPweight, "bestTS", hts.Cids(), "incomingWeight", targetWeight, "incomingTS", fts.TipSet().Cids())
+		log.Debugw("incoming tipset does not appear to be better than our best chain, ignoring for now", "miners", miners, "bestPweight", bestPweight, "bestTS", hts.Cids(), "incomingWeight", targetWeight, "incomingTS", fts.TipSet().Cids())
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/node/hello/hello.go b/node/hello/hello.go
index 05d53de06..d4c631206 100644
--- a/node/hello/hello.go
+++ b/node/hello/hello.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (hs *Service) HandleStream(s inet.Stream) {
 		hs.h.ConnManager().TagPeer(s.Conn().RemotePeer(), "fcpeer", 10)
 
 		// don't bother informing about genesis
-		log.Infof("Got new tipset through Hello: %s from %s", ts.Cids(), s.Conn().RemotePeer())
+		log.Debugf("Got new tipset through Hello: %s from %s", ts.Cids(), s.Conn().RemotePeer())
 		hs.syncer.InformNewHead(s.Conn().RemotePeer(), ts)
 	}
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (hs *Service) SayHello(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID) error {
 		_ = s.SetReadDeadline(build.Clock.Now().Add(10 * time.Second))
 		err := cborutil.ReadCborRPC(s, lmsg)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Infow("reading latency message", "error", err)
+			log.Debugw("reading latency message", "error", err)
 		}
 
 		t3 := build.Clock.Now()
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ func (hs *Service) SayHello(ctx context.Context, pid peer.ID) error {
 				t2 := time.Unix(0, lmsg.TSent)
 				offset := t0.Sub(t1) + t3.Sub(t2)
 				offset /= 2
-				log.Infow("time offset", "offset", offset.Seconds(), "peerid", pid.String())
+				if offset > 5*time.Second || offset < -5*time.Second {
+					log.Infow("time offset", "offset", offset.Seconds(), "peerid", pid.String())
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}()