diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 614380e56ef..7734974d85e 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -169,9 +169,16 @@ New Features
 
     Library:
     --------
+    - Change the error handling for a not found path in the find plugin process.
+
+      While attempting to load a plugin the HDF5 library will fail if one of the
+      directories in the plugin paths does not exist, even if there are more paths
+      to check. Instead of exiting the function with an error, just logged the error
+      and continue processing the list of paths to check.
+
     - Implemented support for temporary security credentials for the Read-Only
       S3 (ROS3) file driver.
-      
+
       When using temporary security credentials, one also needs to specify a
       session/security token next to the access key id and secret access key.
       This token can be specified by the new API function H5Pset_fapl_ros3_token().
diff --git a/src/H5PLpath.c b/src/H5PLpath.c
index c47c6faf792..2c0063dc557 100644
--- a/src/H5PLpath.c
+++ b/src/H5PLpath.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ H5PL__find_plugin_in_path_table(const H5PL_search_params_t *search_params, hbool
 
         /* Search for the plugin in this path */
         if (H5PL__find_plugin_in_path(search_params, found, H5PL_paths_g[u], plugin_info) < 0)
-            HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_PLUGIN, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "search in path %s encountered an error",
+            HDONE_ERROR(H5E_PLUGIN, H5E_CANTGET, FAIL, "search in path %s encountered an error",
                         H5PL_paths_g[u])
 
         /* Break out if found */