diff --git a/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs b/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs
index 8156e5cd4..2c18b2078 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Client.Core/NatsConnection.cs
@@ -756,15 +756,11 @@ private async void ReconnectLoop()
                 // which in turn would crash the application.
                 // (e.g. we've seen this with EventLog provider on Windows)
             }
-
-            return;
         }
 
-        // the reconnect loop should never get here, since everything
-        // is either an early return or stays in the loop
         try
         {
-            _logger.LogError(NatsLogEvents.Connection, "Retry loop stopped and connection state is invalid [{ReconnectCount}]", reconnectCount);
+            _logger.LogDebug(NatsLogEvents.Connection, "Reconnect loop stopped [{ReconnectCount}]", reconnectCount);
         }
         catch
         {
@@ -946,6 +942,10 @@ private async void StartPingTimer(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
                 await periodicTimer.WaitForNextTickAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
             }
         }
+        catch (OperationCanceledException)
+        {
+            // Cancelling is part of a normal reconnect operation, so we don't need to log this
+        }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
             if (!IsDisposed)