diff --git a/client/task_runner.go b/client/task_runner.go
index 08f6efec1..e8a06a681 100644
--- a/client/task_runner.go
+++ b/client/task_runner.go
@@ -1173,7 +1173,8 @@ func (r *TaskRunner) run() {
 
 				// Delay actually killing the task if configured. See #244
 				if r.task.ShutdownDelay > 0 {
-					r.logger.Printf("[INFO] client: delaying shutdown of alloc %q task %q for %q", r.alloc.ID, r.task.Name, r.task.ShutdownDelay)
+					r.logger.Printf("[DEBUG] client: delaying shutdown of alloc %q task %q for %q",
+						r.alloc.ID, r.task.Name, r.task.ShutdownDelay)
 					<-time.After(r.task.ShutdownDelay)
 				}