diff --git a/.changelog/17236.txt b/.changelog/17236.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c824bb7ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/17236.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+logging: change snapshot log header from `agent.server.snapshot` to `agent.server.raft.snapshot`
+```
diff --git a/snapshot/snapshot.go b/snapshot/snapshot.go
index 219f7c381a..a1deee9153 100644
--- a/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func New(logger hclog.Logger, r *raft.Raft) (*Snapshot, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create snapshot file: %v", err)
 	}
-	logger.Info("creating temporary file of snapshot", "path", archive.Name())
+	logger.Debug("creating temporary file of snapshot", "path", archive.Name())
 
 	// If anything goes wrong after this point, we will attempt to clean up
 	// the temp file. The happy path will disarm this.