diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 8ce848ded702713a7202515a45d960dea61811e5..8f426d938942cb8c2502b47c0936fdcb12ba982d 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ HIGHLIGHTS
  -- The example systemd unit files have been changed to the "simple" type of
     operation, and the daemon will now run in the foreground within systemd
     instead of daemonizing itself.
+ -- Log messages enabled by the various DebugFlags have been overhauled, and
+    will all print at the verbose() level, and prepend the flag name that is
+    associated with a given log message.
 
 CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGES (see man appropriate man page for details)
 =====================================================================
diff --git a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5 b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
index 6958af8d76c830314831826ae0d176c0faa88bc2..52555e67f439280b236b3ce5a52593dba1ce6b9a 100644
--- a/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
+++ b/doc/man/man5/slurm.conf.5
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ The default value is "cred/munge" and is the recommended.
 \fBDebugFlags\fR
 Defines specific subsystems which should provide more detailed event logging.
 Multiple subsystems can be specified with comma separators.
-Most DebugFlags will result in verbose logging for the identified subsystems
-and could impact performance.
-Valid subsystems available today (with more to come) include:
+Most DebugFlags will result in verbose-level logging for the identified
+subsystems, and could impact performance.
+Valid subsystems available include:
 .RS
 .TP 17
 \fBAccrue\fR
diff --git a/src/common/log.h b/src/common/log.h
index 5816512ba0a95fae2bfb18682ebd509e201944fd..39316b959beb2f758a2fe708b24f4d3ab06cc124 100644
--- a/src/common/log.h
+++ b/src/common/log.h
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ void spank_log(const char *, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
 #define log_flag(flag, fmt, ...)					\
 	do {								\
 		if (slurmctld_conf.debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_##flag)	\
-			log_var(LOG_LEVEL_INFO, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__);	\
+			log_var(LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, #flag ": " fmt,	\
+				##__VA_ARGS__);				\
 	} while (0)
 
 #endif /* !_LOG_H */