diff --git a/lib/hooks/index.js b/lib/hooks/index.js
index 2878c0d00..ac09ef58e 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/index.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/index.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function activate(agent) {
     var regex = new RegExp('node_modules' + path.sep + moduleName + path.sep);
     for (var file in require.cache) {
       if (file.match(regex)) {
-        logger.warn(moduleName + ' tracing might not work as ' + file +
+        logger.error(moduleName + ' tracing might not work as ' + file +
             ' was loaded before the trace agent was initialized.');
         break;
       }
diff --git a/lib/trace-writer.js b/lib/trace-writer.js
index 63ddd73b7..2d87e1095 100644
--- a/lib/trace-writer.js
+++ b/lib/trace-writer.js
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ TraceWriter.prototype.queueTrace_ = function(trace) {
 
     // Publish soon if the buffer is getting big
     if (that.buffer_.length >= that.config_.bufferSize) {
-      that.logger_.info('Flushing: performing periodic flush');
+      that.logger_.info('Flushing: trace buffer full');
       setImmediate(function() { that.flushBuffer_(project); });
     }
   });