diff --git a/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/retrytopic.adoc b/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/retrytopic.adoc
index 76e44f1b3a..44c3ebcf2b 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/retrytopic.adoc
+++ b/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/retrytopic.adoc
@@ -702,3 +702,25 @@ public RetryTopicConfiguration myOtherRetryTopic(KafkaTemplate<Integer, MyPojo>
 }
 ----
 ====
+
+[[change-kboe-logging-level]]
+==== Changing KafkaBackOffException Logging Level
+
+When a message in the retry topic is not due for consumption, a KafkaBackOffException is thrown. Such exception is logged by default at DEBUG level, but you can change this behavior by setting an error handler customizer in the ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer in a @Configuration class.
+
+For example, to change the logging level to WARN you might add:
+
+====
+[source, java]
+----
+@Bean(name = RetryTopicInternalBeanNames.LISTENER_CONTAINER_FACTORY_CONFIGURER_NAME)
+public ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer listenerContainer(KafkaConsumerBackoffManager kafkaConsumerBackoffManager,
+                                                            DeadLetterPublishingRecovererFactory deadLetterPublishingRecovererFactory,
+                                                            @Qualifier(RetryTopicInternalBeanNames
+                                                                    .INTERNAL_BACKOFF_CLOCK_BEAN_NAME) Clock clock) {
+    ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer configurer = new ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer(kafkaConsumerBackoffManager, deadLetterPublishingRecovererFactory, clock);
+    configurer.setErrorHandlerCustomizer(commonErrorHandler -> ((DefaultErrorHandler) commonErrorHandler).setLogLevel(KafkaException.Level.WARN));
+    return configurer;
+}
+----
+====
diff --git a/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/whats-new.adoc b/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/whats-new.adoc
index 1131d0c7d3..9b4513a245 100644
--- a/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/whats-new.adoc
+++ b/spring-kafka-docs/src/main/asciidoc/whats-new.adoc
@@ -78,3 +78,10 @@ See <<delegating-serialization>> for more information.
 The property `stripPreviousExceptionHeaders` is now `true` by default.
 
 See <<dlpr-headers>> for more information.
+
+[[x28-kafka-back-off-exception-log-level]]
+==== KafkaBackOffException Log Level Changes
+
+The KafkaBackOffException thrown when using the retryable topics feature is now logged at DEBUG level.
+
+See <<change-kboe-logging-level>> if you need to change the logging level back to WARN or set it to any other level.
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diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
index b25ad95109..1b62781d75 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/listener/KafkaMessageListenerContainer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -2495,12 +2495,7 @@ private RuntimeException doInvokeRecordListener(final ConsumerRecord<K, V> recor
 					commitOffsetsIfNeeded(record);
 				}
 				catch (KafkaException ke) {
-					if (ke.contains(KafkaBackoffException.class)) {
-						this.logger.warn(ke.getMessage());
-					}
-					else {
-						ke.selfLog(ERROR_HANDLER_THREW_AN_EXCEPTION, this.logger);
-					}
+					ke.selfLog(ERROR_HANDLER_THREW_AN_EXCEPTION, this.logger);
 					return ke;
 				}
 				catch (RuntimeException ee) {
diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/retrytopic/ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/retrytopic/ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
index 5d4953c427..58ba2022ad 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/retrytopic/ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/main/java/org/springframework/kafka/retrytopic/ListenerContainerFactoryConfigurer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2018-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2018-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.core.log.LogAccessor;
+import org.springframework.kafka.KafkaException;
 import org.springframework.kafka.config.ConcurrentKafkaListenerContainerFactory;
 import org.springframework.kafka.listener.AcknowledgingConsumerAwareMessageListener;
 import org.springframework.kafka.listener.CommonErrorHandler;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ private CommonErrorHandler createErrorHandler(DeadLetterPublishingRecoverer dead
 		DefaultErrorHandler errorHandler = new DefaultErrorHandler(deadLetterPublishingRecoverer,
 				new FixedBackOff(0, 0));
 		errorHandler.setCommitRecovered(true);
+		errorHandler.setLogLevel(KafkaException.Level.DEBUG);
 		this.errorHandlerCustomizer.accept(errorHandler);
 		return errorHandler;
 	}