diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURLImpl.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURLImpl.java
index 3c00686fe2..726f23626f 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURLImpl.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/peers/EnodeURLImpl.java
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ public class EnodeURLImpl implements EnodeURL {
       final Optional<Integer> listeningPort,
       final Optional<Integer> discoveryPort) {
     checkArgument(
-        nodeId.size() == NODE_ID_SIZE, "Invalid node id.  Expected id of length: 64 bytes.");
+        nodeId.size() == NODE_ID_SIZE,
+        "Invalid node id of length " + nodeId.size() + ".  Expected id of length: 64 bytes.");
     listeningPort.ifPresent(port -> NetworkUtility.checkPort(port, "listening"));
     discoveryPort.ifPresent(port -> NetworkUtility.checkPort(port, "discovery"));
 
diff --git a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/rlpx/connections/netty/DeFramer.java b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/rlpx/connections/netty/DeFramer.java
index 5aa8acfaad..63fbd6ea9a 100644
--- a/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/rlpx/connections/netty/DeFramer.java
+++ b/ethereum/p2p/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/p2p/rlpx/connections/netty/DeFramer.java
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ final class DeFramer extends ByteToMessageDecoder {
         try {
           peerInfo = HelloMessage.readFrom(message).getPeerInfo();
         } catch (final RLPException e) {
-          LOG.debug("Received invalid HELLO message", e);
+          LOG.warn("Received invalid HELLO message, set log level to TRACE for message body", e);
           connectFuture.completeExceptionally(e);
           ctx.close();
           return;
         }
-        LOG.debug("Received HELLO message: {}", peerInfo);
+        LOG.trace("Received HELLO message: {}", peerInfo);
         if (peerInfo.getVersion() >= 5) {
           LOG.trace("Enable compression for p2pVersion: {}", peerInfo.getVersion());
           framer.enableCompression();