diff --git a/src/Proto.Actor/Context/ActorContext.cs b/src/Proto.Actor/Context/ActorContext.cs
index c708c2983a..542cc8a95a 100644
--- a/src/Proto.Actor/Context/ActorContext.cs
+++ b/src/Proto.Actor/Context/ActorContext.cs
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ async Task Await()
             {
                 if (_shouldThrottleStartLogs().IsOpen())
                 {
-                    Logger.LogCritical(
+                    Logger.LogWarning(
                         "Actor {Self} took too long to start, deadline is {Deadline}, actual start time is {ActualStart}, your system might suffer from incorrect design, please consider reaching out to https://proto.actor/docs/training/ for help",
                         Self, _props.StartDeadline, sw.Elapsed);
                 }
@@ -905,4 +905,4 @@ private void ReceiveTimeoutCallback(object? state)
 
         Self.SendSystemMessage(System, Proto.ReceiveTimeout.Instance);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}