diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/rest/JiraRestClient.java b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/rest/JiraRestClient.java
index b78a58f1db..fc2369117f 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/rest/JiraRestClient.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/rest/JiraRestClient.java
@@ -127,14 +127,20 @@ private <T> ResponseEntity<T> invokeRestApi(URI uri, Class<T> responseType) thro
                     authConfig.renewCredentials();
                 } else if (statusCode == HttpStatus.TOO_MANY_REQUESTS) {
                     log.error("Hitting API rate limit. Backing off with sleep timer.");
+                } else if (statusCode == HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE) {
+                    log.error("Service unavailable.  Will retry after backing off with sleep timer.");
+                } else if (statusCode == HttpStatus.GATEWAY_TIMEOUT) {
+                    log.error("Gateway timeout.  Will retry after backing off with sleep timer.");
                 } else {
-                    log.error(NOISY, "Exception: ", ex);
+                    log.error(NOISY, "Received an unexpected status code {} response from Jira.", statusCode, ex);
                 }
                 try {
                     Thread.sleep((long) RETRY_ATTEMPT_SLEEP_TIME.get(retryCount) * sleepTimeMultiplier);
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                     throw new RuntimeException("Sleep in the retry attempt got interrupted.");
                 }
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                log.error(NOISY, "An exception has occurred while getting a response from the Jira search API", ex);
             }
             retryCount++;
         }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/utils/AddressValidation.java b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/utils/AddressValidation.java
index 7572723df9..e82acb2a07 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/utils/AddressValidation.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/jira-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/jira/utils/AddressValidation.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public static InetAddress getInetAddress(String url) {
         try {
             return InetAddress.getByName(new URL(url).getHost());
         } catch (UnknownHostException | MalformedURLException e) {
-            log.error(INVALID_URL + " : {}", url);
+            log.error("{}: {}", INVALID_URL, url);
             throw new BadRequestException(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
     }