diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 380cfde775..4872132018 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2657.	[cleanup]	Lower "journal file <path> does not exist, creating it"
+			log level to debug 1. [RT #20058]
+
 2656.	[func]		win32: add a "tools only" check box to the installer
 			which causes it to only install dig, host, nslookup,
 			nsupdate and relevent dlls.  [RT #19998]
diff --git a/lib/dns/journal.c b/lib/dns/journal.c
index b797021531..bc1ba0cdda 100644
--- a/lib/dns/journal.c
+++ b/lib/dns/journal.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-/* $Id: journal.c,v 1.105 2009/01/17 23:47:42 tbox Exp $ */
+/* $Id: journal.c,v 1.106 2009/08/25 07:41:28 marka Exp $ */
 
 #include <config.h>
 
@@ -562,11 +562,9 @@ journal_open(isc_mem_t *mctx, const char *filename, isc_boolean_t write,
 
 	if (result == ISC_R_FILENOTFOUND) {
 		if (create) {
-			isc_log_write(JOURNAL_COMMON_LOGARGS,
-				      ISC_LOG_INFO,
+			isc_log_write(JOURNAL_COMMON_LOGARGS, ISC_LOG_DEBUG(1),
 				      "journal file %s does not exist, "
-				      "creating it",
-				      j->filename);
+				      "creating it", j->filename);
 			CHECK(journal_file_create(mctx, filename));
 			/*
 			 * Retry.