diff --git a/block/iscsi.c b/block/iscsi.c
index bb69faf34a..73998c2860 100644
--- a/block/iscsi.c
+++ b/block/iscsi.c
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ static int iscsi_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
     iscsi_set_timeout(iscsi, timeout);
 #else
     if (timeout) {
-        error_report("iSCSI: ignoring timeout value for libiscsi <1.15.0");
+        warn_report("iSCSI: ignoring timeout value for libiscsi <1.15.0");
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 014c68d629..e5bf5a146f 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -750,8 +750,8 @@ static int qemu_rbd_open(BlockDriverState *bs, QDict *options, int flags,
         /* Take care whenever deciding to actually deprecate; once this ability
          * is removed, we will not be able to open any images with legacy-styled
          * backing image strings. */
-        error_report("RBD options encoded in the filename as keyvalue pairs "
-                     "is deprecated");
+        warn_report("RBD options encoded in the filename as keyvalue pairs "
+                    "is deprecated");
     }
 
     /* Remove the processed options from the QDict (the visitor processes
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index b229a664d9..0125df9d49 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static int connect_to_sdog(BDRVSheepdogState *s, Error **errp)
     if (s->addr->type == SOCKET_ADDRESS_TYPE_INET && fd >= 0) {
         int ret = socket_set_nodelay(fd);
         if (ret < 0) {
-            error_report("%s", strerror(errno));
+            warn_report("can't set TCP_NODELAY: %s", strerror(errno));
         }
     }