diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_record_functions.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_record_functions.c
index 94ddc22eb981a679bb018a58d5d4fd2256949527..6b12e5fad4bed03c34c0d01a2bdc5ae54cf2502e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_record_functions.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_record_functions.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ extern int put_block_in_error_state(bg_record_t *bg_record, int state)
 			sleep(1);
 	}
 	
-	error("Setting Block %s to ERROR state.", bg_record->bg_block_id);
+	info("Setting Block %s to ERROR state.", bg_record->bg_block_id);
 	/* we add the block to these lists so we don't try to schedule
 	   on them. */
 	if(!block_ptr_exist_in_list(bg_job_block_list, bg_record)) {
@@ -1365,8 +1365,8 @@ extern int resume_block(bg_record_t *bg_record)
 	if(bg_record->job_running >= NO_JOB_RUNNING)
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 
-	debug("block %s put back into service after "
-	      "being in an error state",
+	info("Block %s put back into service after "
+	     "being in an error state.",
 	      bg_record->bg_block_id);
 
 	if(remove_from_bg_list(bg_job_block_list, bg_record) == SLURM_SUCCESS) 
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
index d110843cd385abceba2ef981a828829a5d79cbac..9e420e7da9e0f1b2bd87d5bb6175ee245bdde245 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/select_bluegene.c
@@ -726,6 +726,8 @@ extern int select_p_update_sub_node (update_part_msg_t *part_desc_ptr)
 	node_name = xstrdup_printf("%s%s", bg_slurm_node_prefix, coord);
 	/* find out how many nodecards to get for each ionode */
 	if(!part_desc_ptr->state_up) {
+		info("Admin setting %s[%s] in an error state",
+		     node_name, ionodes);
 		for(i = 0; i<bluegene_numpsets; i++) {
 			if(bit_test(ionode_bitmap, i)) {
 				if((int)nc_pos != (int)last_pos) {
@@ -736,6 +738,8 @@ extern int select_p_update_sub_node (update_part_msg_t *part_desc_ptr)
 			nc_pos += bluegene_nc_ratio;
 		}
 	} else if(part_desc_ptr->state_up){
+		info("Admin setting %s[%s] in an free state",
+		     node_name, ionodes);
 		up_nodecard(node_name, ionode_bitmap);
 	} else {
 		return rc;