diff --git a/backend/danswer/document_index/vespa/chunk_retrieval.py b/backend/danswer/document_index/vespa/chunk_retrieval.py
index 6a7427630b8..753db1f5e31 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/document_index/vespa/chunk_retrieval.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/document_index/vespa/chunk_retrieval.py
@@ -292,12 +292,11 @@ def query_vespa(
         if LOG_VESPA_TIMING_INFORMATION
         else {},
     )
-
-    response = requests.post(
-        SEARCH_ENDPOINT,
-        json=params,
-    )
     try:
+        response = requests.post(
+            SEARCH_ENDPOINT,
+            json=params,
+        )
         response.raise_for_status()
     except requests.HTTPError as e:
         request_info = f"Headers: {response.request.headers}\nPayload: {params}"
@@ -319,6 +318,12 @@ def query_vespa(
         logger.debug("Vespa timing info: %s", response_json.get("timing"))
     hits = response_json["root"].get("children", [])
 
+    if not hits:
+        logger.warning(
+            f"No hits found for YQL Query: {query_params.get('yql', 'No YQL Query')}"
+        )
+        logger.debug(f"Vespa Response: {response.text}")
+
     for hit in hits:
         if hit["fields"].get(CONTENT) is None:
             identifier = hit["fields"].get("documentid") or hit["id"]
diff --git a/backend/danswer/search/pipeline.py b/backend/danswer/search/pipeline.py
index 4ca6ba27038..2b2ce0c924a 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/search/pipeline.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/search/pipeline.py
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ def _get_sections(self) -> list[InferenceSection]:
                 if inference_section is not None:
                     expanded_inference_sections.append(inference_section)
                 else:
-                    logger.warning("Skipped creation of section, no chunks found")
+                    logger.warning(
+                        "Skipped creation of section for full docs, no chunks found"
+                    )
 
             self._retrieved_sections = expanded_inference_sections
             return expanded_inference_sections