diff --git a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java
index caec9b7c949..82b48410df1 100644
--- a/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java
+++ b/opentracing-shim/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShim.java
@@ -80,12 +80,13 @@ public SpanBuilder buildSpan(String operationName) {
   @Override
   public <C> void inject(SpanContext context, Format<C> format, C carrier) {
     if (context == null) {
-      logger.log(Level.INFO, "Cannot inject a null span context.");
+      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot inject a null span context.");
       return;
     }
 
     SpanContextShim contextShim = ShimUtil.getContextShim(context);
     if (contextShim == null) {
+      logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot inject a null span context shim.");
       return;
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ public <C> SpanContext extract(Format<C> format, C carrier) {
       }
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
       logger.log(
-          Level.INFO,
+          Level.WARNING,
           "Exception caught while extracting span context; returning null. "
               + "Exception: [{0}] Message: [{1}]",
           new String[] {e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage()});
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ public void close() {
       try {
         ((Closeable) provider).close();
       } catch (RuntimeException | IOException e) {
-        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Exception caught while closing TracerProvider.", e);
+        logger.log(Level.WARNING, "Exception caught while closing TracerProvider.", e);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/opentracing-shim/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShimTest.java b/opentracing-shim/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShimTest.java
index 8a961288c23..769dba336b0 100644
--- a/opentracing-shim/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShimTest.java
+++ b/opentracing-shim/src/test/java/io/opentelemetry/opentracingshim/TracerShimTest.java
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ void extract_onlyBaggage() {
     assertThat(spanContextShim.getBaggage()).isEqualTo(baggage);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void extract_null_spanctx() {
+    SpanContext spanContext = tracerShim.extract(Format.Builtin.TEXT_MAP, null);
+    assertThat(spanContext).isNull();
+  }
+
   @Test
   void close_OpenTelemetrySdk() {
     SdkTracerProvider sdkProvider = mock(SdkTracerProvider.class);