diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java
index 9daa94180e6..43e0ad2d9fc 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/FSUtils.java
@@ -653,11 +653,11 @@ public abstract class FSUtils {
             if (s != null) s.close();
           } catch (IOException ignore) { }
         }
-        LOG.debug("Created version file at " + rootdir.toString() + " with version=" + version);
+        LOG.info("Created version file at " + rootdir.toString() + " with version=" + version);
         return;
       } catch (IOException e) {
         if (retries > 0) {
-          LOG.warn("Unable to create version file at " + rootdir.toString() + ", retrying", e);
+          LOG.debug("Unable to create version file at " + rootdir.toString() + ", retrying", e);
           fs.delete(versionFile, false);
           try {
             if (wait > 0) {