diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/opensearch/OpenSearchSink.java b/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/opensearch/OpenSearchSink.java
index 04147619b7..45a1638c16 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/opensearch/OpenSearchSink.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/opensearch/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/sink/opensearch/OpenSearchSink.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginModel;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.SinkContext;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.exceptions.EventKeyNotFoundException;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.failures.DlqObject;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.plugin.InvalidPluginConfigurationException;
@@ -35,12 +34,13 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.AbstractSink;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.Sink;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.sink.SinkContext;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.dlq.DlqProvider;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.dlq.DlqWriter;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.AccumulatingBulkRequest;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.BulkAction;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.BulkApiWrapper;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.BulkApiWrapperFactory;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.BulkAction;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.BulkOperationWriter;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.JavaClientAccumulatingCompressedBulkRequest;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.sink.opensearch.bulk.JavaClientAccumulatingUncompressedBulkRequest;
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static org.opensearch.dataprepper.logging.DataPrepperMarkers.SENSITIVE;
-
 @DataPrepperPlugin(name = "opensearch", pluginType = Sink.class)
 public class OpenSearchSink extends AbstractSink<Record<Event>> {
   public static final String BULKREQUEST_LATENCY = "bulkRequestLatency";
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ private void logFailureForDlqObjects(final List<DlqObject> dlqObjects, final Thr
                   BulkOperationWriter.dlqObjectToString(dlqObject), message));
           dlqObject.releaseEventHandle(true);
         } catch (final IOException e) {
-          LOG.error(SENSITIVE, "DLQ failure for Document[{}]", dlqObject.getFailedData(), e);
+        LOG.error("Failed to write a document to the DLQ", e);
           dlqObject.releaseEventHandle(false);
         }
       });
@@ -399,13 +397,17 @@ private void logFailureForDlqObjects(final List<DlqObject> dlqObjects, final Thr
         });
       } catch (final IOException e) {
         dlqObjects.forEach(dlqObject -> {
-          LOG.error(SENSITIVE, "DLQ failure for Document[{}]", dlqObject.getFailedData(), e);
+          LOG.error("Failed to write a document to the DLQ", e);
           dlqObject.releaseEventHandle(false);
         });
       }
     } else {
       dlqObjects.forEach(dlqObject -> {
-        LOG.warn(SENSITIVE, "Document [{}] has failure. DLQ not configured", dlqObject.getFailedData(), failure);
+
+        final FailedDlqData failedDlqData = (FailedDlqData) dlqObject.getFailedData();
+
+        final String message = failure == null ? failedDlqData.getMessage() : failure.getMessage();
+        LOG.warn("Document failed to write to OpenSearch with error code {}. Configure a DLQ to save failed documents. Error: {}", failedDlqData.getStatus(), message);
         dlqObject.releaseEventHandle(false);
       });
     }