diff --git a/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java b/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java
index ab836040efa9a..278160fe5aaf6 100644
--- a/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java
+++ b/modules/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private static Region getDefaultRegion() {
         try {
             return DefaultAwsRegionProviderChain.builder().build().getRegion();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.info("failed to obtain region from default provider chain", e);
+            logger.info("unable to obtain region from default provider chain: {}", e.getMessage());
             return null;
         }
     }