diff --git a/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md b/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md
index 2ce4b59ca6..5a5fdb1d92 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/gitlab/discovery.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ of your backend.
 +  builder.addProcessor(
 +    GitLabDiscoveryProcessor.fromConfig(env.config, {
 +       logger: env.logger,
-+       skipReposWithoutExactFileMatch: true,
++       skipReposWithoutExactFileMatch: false,
 +    })
 +  );
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
index 5c43db6e68..27214f3be8 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend-module-gitlab/src/lib/client.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ export class GitLabClient {
     });
 
     if (!response.ok) {
+      if (response.status >= 500) {
+        this.logger.debug(
+          `Unexpected response when fetching ${request.toString()}. Expected 200 but got ${
+            response.status
+          } - ${response.statusText}`,
+        );
+      }
       return false;
     }