diff --git a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PagerDutyController.groovy b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PagerDutyController.groovy
index 681899b264..fb528e39f9 100644
--- a/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PagerDutyController.groovy
+++ b/gate-web/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/gate/controllers/PagerDutyController.groovy
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
+import retrofit.RetrofitError
+
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
 
 @CompileStatic
@@ -79,7 +80,11 @@ class PagerDutyController {
       log.info("Fetched {} PagerDuty services", services?.size())
       pagerDutyServicesCache.set(services)
     } catch (e) {
-      log.error("Unable to refresh PagerDuty service list", e)
+      if (e instanceof RetrofitError && e.response?.status == 429) {
+        log.warn("Unable to refresh PagerDuty service list (throttled!)")
+      } else {
+        log.error("Unable to refresh PagerDuty service list", e)
+      }
     }
 
     try {
@@ -87,7 +92,11 @@ class PagerDutyController {
       log.info("Fetched {} PagerDuty onCall", onCalls?.size())
       pagerDutyOnCallCache.set(onCalls)
     } catch (e) {
-      log.error("Unable to refresh PagerDuty onCall list", e)
+      if (e instanceof RetrofitError && e.response?.status == 429) {
+        log.warn("Unable to refresh PagerDuty onCall list (throttled!)")
+      } else {
+        log.error("Unable to refresh PagerDuty onCall list", e)
+      }
     }
   }