diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/slurmstepd.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/slurmstepd.c
index cc32244932430436ff9fbdf50ca6a4df3bc8caf1..e8935ed7a950c79f09082f838243611b25013670 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/slurmstepd.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/slurmstepd.c
@@ -283,8 +283,7 @@ static int handle_spank_mode (int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (get_jobid_uid_from_env (&jobid, &uid) < 0)
 		return error ("spank environment invalid");
 
-	verbose ("Running spank/%s for jobid [%u] uid [%u]",
-		mode, jobid, uid);
+	debug("Running spank/%s for jobid [%u] uid [%u]", mode, jobid, uid);
 
 	if (strcmp (mode, "prolog") == 0) {
 		if (spank_job_prolog (jobid, uid) < 0)