diff --git a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
index 6c52717c7a0..194bb33f57f 100644
--- a/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
+++ b/dd-trace-core/src/main/java/datadog/trace/core/CoreTracer.java
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ private static DDScopeEventFactory createScopeEventFactory() {
       return (DDScopeEventFactory)
           Class.forName("datadog.trace.core.jfr.openjdk.ScopeEventFactory").newInstance();
     } catch (final ClassFormatError | ReflectiveOperationException | NoClassDefFoundError e) {
-      log.debug("Cannot create Openjdk JFR scope event factory", e);
+      log.debug("Profiling of ScopeEvents is not available");
     }
     return new DDNoopScopeEventFactory();
   }