diff --git a/etc/syslog.conf b/etc/syslog.conf
index 507bd0fdeb9b..cf8667a73d19 100644
--- a/etc/syslog.conf
+++ b/etc/syslog.conf
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #	separators. If you are sharing this file between systems, you
 #	may want to use only tabs as field separators here.
 #	Consult the syslog.conf(5) manpage.
-*.err;kern.debug;auth.notice;mail.crit		/dev/console
-*.notice;authpriv.none;kern.warning;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err	/var/log/messages
+*.err;kern.warning;auth.notice;mail.crit		/dev/console
+*.notice;authpriv.none;kern.debug;lpr.info;mail.crit;news.err	/var/log/messages
 security.*					/var/log/security
 auth.info;authpriv.info				/var/log/auth.log
 mail.info					/var/log/maillog