diff --git a/conf/log4j.properties.template b/conf/log4j.properties.template
index 17d1978dde4d7ffad83621c4c548b844852462b7..f7f853559468ae105b3b66cc8d856eaaaa25b044 100644
--- a/conf/log4j.properties.template
+++ b/conf/log4j.properties.template
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
 log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n
 
-# Ignore messages below warning level from Jetty, because it's a bit verbose
+# Settings to quiet third party logs that are too verbose
 log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$exprTyper=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$SparkILoopInterpreter=INFO
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
index 17d1978dde4d7ffad83621c4c548b844852462b7..f7f853559468ae105b3b66cc8d856eaaaa25b044 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/org/apache/spark/log4j-defaults.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ log4j.appender.console.target=System.err
 log4j.appender.console.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.console.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss} %p %c{1}: %m%n
 
-# Ignore messages below warning level from Jetty, because it's a bit verbose
+# Settings to quiet third party logs that are too verbose
 log4j.logger.org.eclipse.jetty=WARN
+log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$exprTyper=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$SparkILoopInterpreter=INFO
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
index 043e01dbfbf28d930eb08ad6e03a12be5ab5a0f2..38b536023b4504a60eb8ba5f57a95f6d38f569ba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/scheduler/DAGScheduler.scala
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class DAGScheduler(
   // The time, in millis, to wait for fetch failure events to stop coming in after one is detected;
   // this is a simplistic way to avoid resubmitting tasks in the non-fetchable map stage one by one
   // as more failure events come in
-  val RESUBMIT_TIMEOUT = 50.milliseconds
+  val RESUBMIT_TIMEOUT = 200.milliseconds
 
   // The time, in millis, to wake up between polls of the completion queue in order to potentially
   // resubmit failed stages
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ class DAGScheduler(
        */
       def receive = {
         case event: DAGSchedulerEvent =>
-          logDebug("Got event of type " + event.getClass.getName)
+          logTrace("Got event of type " + event.getClass.getName)
 
           /**
            * All events are forwarded to `processEvent()`, so that the event processing logic can