diff --git a/src/slurmctld/controller.c b/src/slurmctld/controller.c
index d6f361dc498eade71abe65b6fe9a3b261e6d5895..7f335c8b9a5f712e08efe0d379f693949c9a3ca1 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/controller.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/controller.c
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ static void _slurm_rpc_node_registration(slurm_msg_t * msg)
 		     slurm_strerror(error_code));
 		slurm_send_rc_msg(msg, error_code);
 	} else {
-		info(
+		verbose(
 		   "_slurm_rpc_node_registration complete for %s, time=%ld", 
 		   node_reg_stat_msg->node_name, 
 		   (long) (clock() - start_time));
diff --git a/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
index 4580d5590d3747dc92b98557c33eb9a40eeaf0d3..d222a99d72b018fc93878c515ca6364564c0d320 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
@@ -1085,8 +1085,6 @@ validate_node_specs (char *node_name, uint32_t cpus,
 			set_node_down(node_name);
 		}
 	} else {
-		info ("validate_node_specs: node %s has registered", 
-		      node_name);
 		node_ptr->cpus = cpus;
 		node_ptr->real_memory = real_memory;
 		node_ptr->tmp_disk = tmp_disk;
@@ -1101,6 +1099,8 @@ validate_node_specs (char *node_name, uint32_t cpus,
 		}
 #endif
 		if (node_ptr->node_state == NODE_STATE_UNKNOWN) {
+			info ("validate_node_specs: node %s has registered", 
+				node_name);
 			if (job_count)
 				node_ptr->node_state = NODE_STATE_ALLOCATED;
 			else