diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersHook.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersHook.java
index a5314bf9f..bf8061a33 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersHook.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/rxjava/SleuthRxJavaSchedulersHook.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class SleuthRxJavaSchedulersHook extends RxJavaSchedulersHook {
 			for (String threadToIgnore : this.threadsToIgnore) {
 				String threadName = Thread.currentThread().getName();
 				if (threadName.matches(threadToIgnore)) {
-					log.debug(String.format(
+					log.trace(String.format(
 							"Thread with name [%s] matches the regex [%s]. A span will not be created for this Thread.",
 							threadName, threadToIgnore));
 					this.actual.call();