diff --git a/.changeset/techdocs-search-log-fatigue.md b/.changeset/techdocs-search-log-fatigue.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc81563d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/techdocs-search-log-fatigue.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend': patch
+---
+
+Errors encountered while attempting to load TechDocs search indices at
+collation-time are now logged at `DEBUG` instead of `WARN` level.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts
index f525d7af7e..850be2823c 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs-backend/src/search/DefaultTechDocsCollator.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class DefaultTechDocsCollator implements DocumentCollator {
                   ?.target?.name || '',
             }));
           } catch (e) {
-            this.logger.warn(
+            this.logger.debug(
               `Failed to retrieve tech docs search index for entity ${entityInfo.namespace}/${entityInfo.kind}/${entityInfo.name}`,
               e,
             );