diff --git a/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_manager/docker_manager.go b/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_manager/docker_manager.go
index cff367eb32..c75e39862b 100644
--- a/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_manager/docker_manager.go
+++ b/container-engine-lib/lib/backend_impls/docker/docker_manager/docker_manager.go
@@ -2283,13 +2283,15 @@ func pullImage(dockerClient *client.Client, imageName string, registrySpec *imag
 	// Try to obtain the auth configuration from the docker config file
 	authConfig, err := GetAuthFromDockerConfig(imageName)
 	if err != nil {
-		logrus.Errorf("An error occurred while getting auth config for image: %s: %s", imageName, err.Error())
+		logrus.Warnf("An error occurred while getting auth config for image: %s: %s", imageName, err.Error())
+		logrus.Warnf("Falling back to pulling image with no auth config.")
 	}
 
 	if authConfig != nil {
 		authFromConfig, err := registry.EncodeAuthConfig(*authConfig)
 		if err != nil {
-			logrus.Errorf("An error occurred while encoding auth config for image: %s: %s", imageName, err.Error())
+			logrus.Warnf("An error occurred while encoding auth config for image: %s: %s", imageName, err.Error())
+			logrus.Warnf("Falling back to pulling image with no auth config.")
 		} else {
 			imagePullOptions.RegistryAuth = authFromConfig
 		}