diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java
index c18fe485738..043ba7c349d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/preferences/JabRefPreferences.java
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ String getUserAndHost() {
             try {
                 hostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
             } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-                LOGGER.error("Hostname not found. Please go to https://docs.jabref.org/ to find possible problem resolution", e);
+                LOGGER.info("Hostname not found. Using \"localhost\" as fallback.", e);
                 hostName = "localhost";
             }
         }