diff --git a/pkg/ingester/tailer.go b/pkg/ingester/tailer.go
index 1a282c802b774..b0927a2cb73d7 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/tailer.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/tailer.go
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ package ingester
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
 	"hash/fnv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
+	cortex_util "github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/logproto"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/logql"
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/pkg/labels"
 )
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ func (t *tailer) loop() {
 			tailResponse := logproto.TailResponse{Stream: stream, DroppedStreams: t.popDroppedStreams()}
 			err = t.conn.Send(&tailResponse)
 			if err != nil {
-				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error writing to tail client", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+				// Don't log any error due to tail client closing the connection
+				if !util.IsConnCanceled(err) {
+					level.Error(cortex_util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error writing to tail client", "err", err)
+				}
 				t.close()
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/querier/http.go b/pkg/querier/http.go
index 2b6172f16946c..887fae501046b 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/http.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/http.go
@@ -354,19 +354,19 @@ func (q *Querier) TailHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	if tailRequestPtr.DelayFor > maxDelayForInTailing {
 		server.WriteError(w, fmt.Errorf("delay_for can't be greater than %d", maxDelayForInTailing))
-		level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error in upgrading websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+		level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error in upgrading websocket", "err", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	conn, err := upgrader.Upgrade(w, r, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error in upgrading websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+		level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error in upgrading websocket", "err", err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	defer func() {
 		if err := conn.Close(); err != nil {
-			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error closing websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error closing websocket", "err", err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -377,13 +377,13 @@ func (q *Querier) TailHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	tailer, err := q.Tail(r.Context(), &tailRequest)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseInternalServerErr, err.Error())); err != nil {
-			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error connecting to ingesters for tailing", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error connecting to ingesters for tailing", "err", err)
 		}
 		return
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		if err := tailer.close(); err != nil {
-			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error closing Tailer", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error closing Tailer", "err", err)
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -404,25 +404,25 @@ func (q *Querier) TailHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				err = marshal_legacy.WriteTailResponseJSON(*response, conn)
 			}
 			if err != nil {
-				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error writing to websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error writing to websocket", "err", err)
 				if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseInternalServerErr, err.Error())); err != nil {
-					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error writing close message to websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error writing close message to websocket", "err", err)
 				}
 				return
 			}
 
 		case err := <-closeErrChan:
-			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error from iterator", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error from iterator", "err", err)
 			if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseInternalServerErr, err.Error())); err != nil {
-				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error writing close message to websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error writing close message to websocket", "err", err)
 			}
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			// This is to periodically check whether connection is active, useful to clean up dead connections when there are no entries to send
 			if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.PingMessage, nil); err != nil {
-				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error writing ping message to websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error writing ping message to websocket", "err", err)
 				if err := conn.WriteMessage(websocket.CloseMessage, websocket.FormatCloseMessage(websocket.CloseInternalServerErr, err.Error())); err != nil {
-					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error writing close message to websocket", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error writing close message to websocket", "err", err)
 				}
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/querier/tail.go b/pkg/querier/tail.go
index 6296387f095a5..48abc3fc4822c 100644
--- a/pkg/querier/tail.go
+++ b/pkg/querier/tail.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package querier
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -126,12 +125,12 @@ func (t *Tailer) loop() {
 			if numClients == 0 {
 				// All the connections to ingesters are dropped, try reconnecting or return error
 				if err := t.checkIngesterConnections(); err != nil {
-					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error reconnecting to ingesters", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error reconnecting to ingesters", "err", err)
 				} else {
 					continue
 				}
 				if err := t.close(); err != nil {
-					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error closing Tailer", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+					level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error closing Tailer", "err", err)
 				}
 				t.closeErrChan <- errors.New("all ingesters closed the connection")
 				return
@@ -199,13 +198,16 @@ func (t *Tailer) readTailClient(addr string, querierTailClient logproto.Querier_
 	for {
 		if t.stopped {
 			if err := querierTailClient.CloseSend(); err != nil {
-				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error closing grpc tail client", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error closing grpc tail client", "err", err)
 			}
 			break
 		}
 		resp, err = querierTailClient.Recv()
 		if err != nil {
-			level.Error(util.Logger).Log("Error receiving response from grpc tail client", fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
+			// We don't want to log error when its due to stopping the tail request
+			if !t.stopped {
+				level.Error(util.Logger).Log("msg", "Error receiving response from grpc tail client", "err", err)
+			}
 			break
 		}
 		t.pushTailResponseFromIngester(resp)
diff --git a/pkg/util/errors.go b/pkg/util/errors.go
index 377b40a381bc1..0a07d87039437 100644
--- a/pkg/util/errors.go
+++ b/pkg/util/errors.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package util
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 )
 
 // The MultiError type implements the error interface, and contains the
@@ -46,3 +49,20 @@ func (es MultiError) Err() error {
 	}
 	return es
 }
+
+// IsConnCanceled returns true, if error is from a closed gRPC connection.
+// copied from https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/7f47de84146bdc9225d2080ec8678ca8189a2d2b/clientv3/client.go#L646
+func IsConnCanceled(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// >= gRPC v1.23.x
+	s, ok := status.FromError(err)
+	if ok {
+		// connection is canceled or server has already closed the connection
+		return s.Code() == codes.Canceled || s.Message() == "transport is closing"
+	}
+
+	return false
+}