diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
index e3d577efdf0..e641b2c5f9c 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreContainer.java
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ public class CoreContainer {
 
     // Initialize the plugin
     if (pluginClassName != null) {
+      log.info("Initializing authentication plugin: " + pluginClassName);
       authenticationPlugin = new SecurityPluginHolder<>(readVersion(authenticationConfig),
           getResourceLoader().newInstance(pluginClassName,
               AuthenticationPlugin.class,
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/Sha256AuthenticationProvider.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/Sha256AuthenticationProvider.java
index 545792fe7e1..69664fda46b 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/Sha256AuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/security/Sha256AuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class Sha256AuthenticationProvider implements ConfigEditablePlugin,  Basi
     credentials = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     Map<String,String> users = (Map<String,String>) pluginConfig.get("credentials");
     if (users == null) {
-      log.warn("No users configured yet");
+      log.debug("No users configured yet");
       return;
     }
     for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : users.entrySet()) {