diff --git a/etc/rc.subr b/etc/rc.subr
index 36144cdd9bee..e5bf18d721cc 100644
--- a/etc/rc.subr
+++ b/etc/rc.subr
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ debug()
 	case ${rc_debug} in
 	[Yy][Ee][Ss]|[Tt][Rr][Uu][Ee]|[Oo][Nn]|1)
 		if [ -x /usr/bin/logger ]; then
-			logger "$0: INFO: $*"
+			logger "$0: DEBUG: $*"
 		fi
 		echo 1>&2 "$0: DEBUG: $*"
 		;;