diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 010cc74..af8ed08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Changed
+
 - moved os.remove(session_cache_path()) inside try block to avoid TypeError on app.py example file
+- A warning will no longer be emitted when the cache file does not exist at the specified path
+- The docs for the `auth` parameter of `Spotify.init` use the term "access token" instead of "authorization token"  
 
 ## [2.16.1] - 2020-10-24
 
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index fbb719a..6b0d97f 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Spotify(object):
         """
         Creates a Spotify API client.
 
-        :param auth: An authorization token (optional)
+        :param auth: An access token (optional)
         :param requests_session:
             A Requests session object or a truthy value to create one.
             A falsy value disables sessions.
diff --git a/spotipy/oauth2.py b/spotipy/oauth2.py
index 802e58b..c2eb8d6 100644
--- a/spotipy/oauth2.py
+++ b/spotipy/oauth2.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ __all__ = [
 ]
 
 import base64
+import errno
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -305,9 +306,11 @@ class SpotifyOAuth(SpotifyAuthBase):
                 token_info = self.refresh_access_token(
                     token_info["refresh_token"]
                 )
-
-        except IOError:
-            logger.warning("Couldn't read cache at: %s", self.cache_path)
+        except IOError as error:
+            if error.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                logger.debug("cache does not exist at: %s", self.cache_path)
+            else:
+                logger.warning("Couldn't read cache at: %s", self.cache_path)
 
         return token_info
 
@@ -784,9 +787,11 @@ class SpotifyPKCE(SpotifyAuthBase):
                 token_info = self.refresh_access_token(
                     token_info["refresh_token"]
                 )
-
-        except IOError:
-            logger.warning("Couldn't read cache at: %s", self.cache_path)
+        except IOError as error:
+            if error.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                logger.debug("cache does not exist at: %s", self.cache_path)
+            else:
+                logger.warning("Couldn't read cache at: %s", self.cache_path)
 
         return token_info
 
@@ -1029,9 +1034,11 @@ class SpotifyImplicitGrant(SpotifyAuthBase):
 
             if self.is_token_expired(token_info):
                 return None
-
-        except IOError:
-            logger.warning("Couldn't read cache at: %s", self.cache_path)
+        except IOError as error:
+            if error.errno == errno.ENOENT:
+                logger.debug("cache does not exist at: %s", self.cache_path)
+            else:
+                logger.warning("Couldn't read cache at: %s", self.cache_path)
 
         return token_info