diff --git a/cmd/cleanup-controller/handlers/admission/resource/handlers.go b/cmd/cleanup-controller/handlers/admission/resource/handlers.go
index f6e75811a4..4d15e2f3fa 100644
--- a/cmd/cleanup-controller/handlers/admission/resource/handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/cleanup-controller/handlers/admission/resource/handlers.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package resource
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ func Validate(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, request handlers.Admissio
 	}
 	if err := validation.ValidateTtlLabel(ctx, metadata); err != nil {
 		logger.Error(err, "metadatas validation errors")
-		return admissionutils.ResponseSuccess(request.UID, err.Error())
+		return admissionutils.ResponseSuccess(request.UID, fmt.Sprintf("cleanup.kyverno.io/ttl label value cannot be parsed as any recognizable format (%s)", err.Error()))
 	}
 	return admissionutils.ResponseSuccess(request.UID)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/ttl/controller.go b/pkg/controllers/ttl/controller.go
index 0dd295d663..b89159a7f8 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/ttl/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/ttl/controller.go
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ func (c *controller) handleUpdate(oldObj, newObj interface{}) {
 func (c *controller) Start(ctx context.Context, workers int) {
 	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
 		c.wg.StartWithContext(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) {
-			defer c.logger.Info("worker stopped")
-			c.logger.Info("worker starting ....")
+			defer c.logger.V(3).Info("worker stopped")
+			c.logger.V(3).Info("worker starting ....")
 			wait.UntilWithContext(ctx, c.worker, 1*time.Second)
 		})
 	}
 }
 
 func (c *controller) Stop() {
-	defer c.logger.Info("queue stopped")
+	defer c.logger.V(3).Info("queue stopped")
 	defer c.wg.Wait()
 	// Unregister the event handlers
 	c.deregisterEventHandlers()
-	c.logger.Info("queue stopping ....")
+	c.logger.V(3).Info("queue stopping ....")
 	c.queue.ShutDown()
 }
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (c *controller) deregisterEventHandlers() {
 		c.logger.Error(err, "failed to deregister event handlers")
 		return
 	}
-	c.logger.Info("deregistered event handlers")
+	c.logger.V(3).Info("deregistered event handlers")
 }
 
 func (c *controller) worker(ctx context.Context) {
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/ttl/manager.go b/pkg/controllers/ttl/manager.go
index 899e023974..fa76b2fa5b 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/ttl/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/ttl/manager.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (m *manager) start(ctx context.Context, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, wo
 	cont, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	var wg wait.Group
 	wg.StartWithContext(cont, func(ctx context.Context) {
-		logger.Info("informer starting...")
+		logger.V(3).Info("informer starting...")
 		informer.Informer().Run(cont.Done())
 	})
 	stopInformer := func() {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (m *manager) start(ctx context.Context, gvr schema.GroupVersionResource, wo
 		stopInformer()
 		return err
 	}
-	logger.Info("controller starting...")
+	logger.V(3).Info("controller starting...")
 	controller.Start(cont, workers)
 	m.resController[gvr] = func() {
 		stopInformer()
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ func (m *manager) filterPermissionsResource(resources []schema.GroupVersionResou
 }
 
 func (m *manager) reconcile(ctx context.Context, workers int) error {
-	defer m.logger.Info("manager reconciliation done")
-	m.logger.Info("start manager reconciliation")
+	defer m.logger.V(3).Info("manager reconciliation done")
+	m.logger.V(3).Info("beginning reconciliation", "interval", m.interval)
 	desiredState, err := m.getDesiredState()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err