diff --git a/src/v/cluster/controller_backend.cc b/src/v/cluster/controller_backend.cc
index 5511f416ab27c..45e0414d715c8 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 d68ca729f0abf..0e00701dd4924 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 04fdaeaa74c01..4adfae69cf42d 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 68856333e97b4..63b34dbdec80a 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(); });
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ ss::future<> state_machine::apply() {
               f = handle_eviction();
           }
           return f.then([this] {
-              // build a reader for log range [_next, +inf).
-              storage::log_reader_config config(
-                _next, model::model_limits<model::offset>::max(), _io_prio);
-              return _raft->make_reader(config);
-          });
+            // build a reader for log range [_next, +inf).
+            storage::log_reader_config config(
+              _next, model::model_limits<model::offset>::max(), _io_prio);
+            return _raft->make_reader(config);
+          };
       })
       .then([this](model::record_batch_reader reader) {
           // apply each batch to the state machine
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ ss::future<> state_machine::apply() {
                 }
             });
       })
+      .handle_exception_type([](const raft::offset_monitor::wait_aborted&) {
+          // Ignore, normnal during partition removal
+      })
       .handle_exception([this](const std::exception_ptr& e) {
           vlog(
             _log.info, "State machine for ntp={} handles {}", _raft->ntp(), e);