diff --git a/src/v/cluster/controller_backend.cc b/src/v/cluster/controller_backend.cc
index 5511f416ab27..45e0414d715c 100644
--- a/src/v/cluster/controller_backend.cc
+++ b/src/v/cluster/controller_backend.cc
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ ss::future<> controller_backend::reconcile_ntp(deltas_t& deltas) {
                 stop = true;
                 continue;
             }
-            vlog(clusterlog.info, "partition operation {} finished", *it);
+            vlog(clusterlog.debug, "partition operation {} finished", *it);
         } catch (ss::gate_closed_exception const&) {
             vlog(
               clusterlog.debug,
diff --git a/src/v/cluster/partition_manager.cc b/src/v/cluster/partition_manager.cc
index d68ca729f0ab..0e00701dd492 100644
--- a/src/v/cluster/partition_manager.cc
+++ b/src/v/cluster/partition_manager.cc
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ss::future<consensus_ptr> partition_manager::manage(
     }
     storage::log log = co_await _storage.log_mgr().manage(std::move(ntp_cfg));
     vlog(
-      clusterlog.info,
+      clusterlog.debug,
       "Log created manage completed, ntp: {}, rev: {}, {} "
       "segments, {} bytes",
       log.config().ntp(),
diff --git a/src/v/cluster/topics_frontend.cc b/src/v/cluster/topics_frontend.cc
index 04fdaeaa74c0..4adfae69cf42 100644
--- a/src/v/cluster/topics_frontend.cc
+++ b/src/v/cluster/topics_frontend.cc
@@ -480,6 +480,8 @@ ss::future<topic_result> topics_frontend::replicate_create_topic(
 ss::future<std::vector<topic_result>> topics_frontend::delete_topics(
   std::vector<model::topic_namespace> topics,
   model::timeout_clock::time_point timeout) {
+    vlog(clusterlog.info, "Delete topics {}", topics);
+
     std::vector<ss::future<topic_result>> futures;
     futures.reserve(topics.size());
 
diff --git a/src/v/raft/state_machine.cc b/src/v/raft/state_machine.cc
index d4f6746984bc..ac956245e921 100644
--- a/src/v/raft/state_machine.cc
+++ b/src/v/raft/state_machine.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ state_machine::state_machine(
   , _bootstrap_last_applied(_raft->read_last_applied()) {}
 
 ss::future<> state_machine::start() {
-    vlog(_log.info, "Starting state machine for ntp={}", _raft->ntp());
+    vlog(_log.debug, "Starting state machine for ntp={}", _raft->ntp());
     ssx::spawn_with_gate(_gate, [this] {
         return ss::do_until(
           [this] { return _gate.is_closed(); }, [this] { return apply(); });