diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 473ada7f09..7193b401bb 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ bool Socks5(const std::string& strDest, uint16_t port, const ProxyCredentials* a
         }
         if (pchRet2[1] != SOCKS5Reply::SUCCEEDED) {
             // Failures to connect to a peer that are not proxy errors
-            LogPrintf("Socks5() connect to %s:%d failed: %s\n", strDest, port, Socks5ErrorString(pchRet2[1]));
+            LogPrintLevel(BCLog::NET, BCLog::Level::Debug,
+                          "Socks5() connect to %s:%d failed: %s\n", strDest, port, Socks5ErrorString(pchRet2[1]));
             return false;
         }
         if (pchRet2[2] != 0x00) { // Reserved field must be 0
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ static bool ConnectToSocket(const Sock& sock, struct sockaddr* sockaddr, socklen
                           NetworkErrorString(WSAGetLastError()));
                 return false;
             } else if (occurred == 0) {
-                LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "connection attempt to %s timed out\n", dest_str);
+                LogPrintLevel(BCLog::NET, BCLog::Level::Debug, "connection attempt to %s timed out\n", dest_str);
                 return false;
             }