diff --git a/src/drivers/Socket.py b/src/drivers/Socket.py
index bd4e2833b..d93e555cf 100644
--- a/src/drivers/Socket.py
+++ b/src/drivers/Socket.py
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class SocketDriver(drivers.IrcDriver, drivers.ServersMixin):
             if network_config.ssl():
                 self.starttls()
             elif not network_config.requireStarttls():
-                drivers.log.critical(('Connection to network %s'
+                drivers.log.warning(('Connection to network %s '
                     'does not use SSL/TLS, which makes it vulnerable to '
                     'man-in-the-middle attacks and passive eavesdropping. '
                     'You should consider upgrading your connection to SSL/TLS '
@@ -378,19 +378,19 @@ class SocketDriver(drivers.IrcDriver, drivers.ServersMixin):
         except getattr(ssl, 'CertificateError', None) as e:
             # Default to None for old Python version, which do not have
             # CertificateError
-            drivers.log.critical(('Certificate validation failed when '
+            drivers.log.error(('Certificate validation failed when '
                 'connecting to %s: %s\n'
-                'This means someone is doing a man-in-the-middle attack '
-                'on your connection, or the server\'s certificate is '
+                'This means either someone is doing a man-in-the-middle '
+                'attack on your connection, or the server\'s certificate is '
                 'not in your trusted fingerprints list.')
                 % (self.irc.network, e.args[0]))
             raise ssl.SSLError('Aborting because of failed certificate '
                     'verification.')
         except ssl.SSLError as e:
-            drivers.log.critical(('Certificate validation failed when '
+            drivers.log.error(('Certificate validation failed when '
                 'connecting to %s: %s\n'
-                'This means someone is doing a man-in-the-middle attack '
-                'on your connection, or that the server\'s '
+                'This means either someone is doing a man-in-the-middle '
+                'attack on your connection, or the server\'s '
                 'certificate is not trusted.')
                 % (self.irc.network, e.args[1]))
             raise ssl.SSLError('Aborting because of failed certificate '