diff --git a/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c b/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c
index 13ea6b4c143d2598e9b5129d0e637acb6b37120c..4d2d7ac8c57706fd14900ef680424b1123f3a08f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c
@@ -119,10 +119,9 @@ extern int init ( void )
 {
 	char *proctrack = slurm_get_proctrack_type();
 	if(!strcasecmp(proctrack, "proctrack/pgid")) {
-		error("we will use a much slower algorithm with "
-		      "proctrack/pgid, use Proctracktype=proctrack/aix "
-		      "with %s",
-		      plugin_name);
+		info("WARNING: We will use a much slower algorithm with "
+		     "proctrack/pgid, use Proctracktype=proctrack/aix "
+		     "with %s", plugin_name);
 		pgid_plugin = true;
 	}
 	xfree(proctrack);
diff --git a/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c b/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
index c89c851ea71c86cfb0846e975465e1a8051990e0..461157c43fbc18f3f3a8127122ce2772c032c94e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobacct/linux/jobacct_linux.c
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ extern int init ( void )
 {
 	char *proctrack = slurm_get_proctrack_type();
 	if(!strcasecmp(proctrack, "proctrack/pgid")) {
-		error("we will use a much slower algorithm with "
-		      "proctrack/pgid, use Proctracktype=proctrack/linuxproc "
-		      "or Proctracktype=proctrack/rms with %s",
-		      plugin_name);
+		info("WARNING: We will use a much slower algorithm with "
+		     "proctrack/pgid, use Proctracktype=proctrack/linuxproc "
+		     "or Proctracktype=proctrack/rms with %s",
+		     plugin_name);
 		pgid_plugin = true;
 	}
 	xfree(proctrack);