diff --git a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
index c6d3cafe9a..f053c9ed37 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/walredo.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ pub enum RedoAttemptType {
     GcCompaction,
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Display for RedoAttemptType {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            RedoAttemptType::ReadPage => write!(f, "read page"),
+            RedoAttemptType::LegacyCompaction => write!(f, "legacy compaction"),
+            RedoAttemptType::GcCompaction => write!(f, "gc compaction"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 ///
 /// Public interface of WAL redo manager
 ///
@@ -199,6 +209,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
                         self.conf.wal_redo_timeout,
                         pg_version,
                         max_retry_attempts,
+                        redo_attempt_type,
                     )
                     .await
                 };
@@ -221,6 +232,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
                 self.conf.wal_redo_timeout,
                 pg_version,
                 max_retry_attempts,
+                redo_attempt_type,
             )
             .await
         }
@@ -445,6 +457,7 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
         wal_redo_timeout: Duration,
         pg_version: PgMajorVersion,
         max_retry_attempts: u32,
+        redo_attempt_type: RedoAttemptType,
     ) -> Result<Bytes, Error> {
         *(self.last_redo_at.lock().unwrap()) = Some(Instant::now());
 
@@ -485,17 +498,28 @@ impl PostgresRedoManager {
                 );
 
                 if let Err(e) = result.as_ref() {
-                    error!(
-                        "error applying {} WAL records {}..{} ({} bytes) to key {key}, from base image with LSN {} to reconstruct page image at LSN {} n_attempts={}: {:?}",
-                        records.len(),
-                        records.first().map(|p| p.0).unwrap_or(Lsn(0)),
-                        records.last().map(|p| p.0).unwrap_or(Lsn(0)),
-                        nbytes,
-                        base_img_lsn,
-                        lsn,
-                        n_attempts,
-                        e,
-                    );
+                    macro_rules! message {
+                        ($level:tt) => {
+                            $level!(
+                                "error applying {} WAL records {}..{} ({} bytes) to key {} during {}, from base image with LSN {} to reconstruct page image at LSN {} n_attempts={}: {:?}",
+                                records.len(),
+                                records.first().map(|p| p.0).unwrap_or(Lsn(0)),
+                                records.last().map(|p| p.0).unwrap_or(Lsn(0)),
+                                nbytes,
+                                key,
+                                redo_attempt_type,
+                                base_img_lsn,
+                                lsn,
+                                n_attempts,
+                                e,
+                            )
+                        }
+                    }
+                    match redo_attempt_type {
+                        RedoAttemptType::ReadPage => message!(error),
+                        RedoAttemptType::LegacyCompaction => message!(error),
+                        RedoAttemptType::GcCompaction => message!(warn),
+                    }
                 }
 
                 result.map_err(Error::Other)