diff --git a/devstack/lib/magnum b/devstack/lib/magnum
index 700a0a1d16..f9767434a3 100644
--- a/devstack/lib/magnum
+++ b/devstack/lib/magnum
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ function create_magnum_conf {
 
     # (Re)create ``magnum.conf``
     rm -f $MAGNUM_CONF
-    iniset $MAGNUM_CONF DEFAULT verbose "True"
     iniset $MAGNUM_CONF DEFAULT debug "$ENABLE_DEBUG_LOG_LEVEL"
     iniset $MAGNUM_CONF oslo_messaging_rabbit rabbit_userid $RABBIT_USERID
     iniset $MAGNUM_CONF oslo_messaging_rabbit rabbit_password $RABBIT_PASSWORD
diff --git a/doc/source/dev/dev-manual-devstack.rst b/doc/source/dev/dev-manual-devstack.rst
index ecd99224bf..f79dbd4fe3 100644
--- a/doc/source/dev/dev-manual-devstack.rst
+++ b/doc/source/dev/dev-manual-devstack.rst
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ Configure magnum::
     # enable debugging output
     sudo sed -i "s/#debug\s*=.*/debug=true/" /etc/magnum/magnum.conf
 
-    # enable more verbose output
-    sudo sed -i "s/#verbose\s*=.*/verbose=true/" /etc/magnum/magnum.conf
-
     # set RabbitMQ userid
     sudo sed -i "s/#rabbit_userid\s*=.*/rabbit_userid=stackrabbit/" \
              /etc/magnum/magnum.conf
diff --git a/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample b/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample
index c65f0e7742..c41be676fd 100644
--- a/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/magnum/magnum.conf.sample
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@
 # default WARNING level). (boolean value)
 #debug = false
 
-# Print more verbose output (set logging level to INFO instead of
-# default WARNING level). (boolean value)
-#verbose = false
+# If set to false, will disable INFO logging level, making WARNING the
+# default. (boolean value)
+# This option is deprecated for removal.
+# Its value may be silently ignored in the future.
+#verbose = true
 
 # The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to
 # any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging
diff --git a/magnum/tests/conf_fixture.py b/magnum/tests/conf_fixture.py
index dbb4099db2..9227d6a026 100644
--- a/magnum/tests/conf_fixture.py
+++ b/magnum/tests/conf_fixture.py
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ class ConfFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
         self.conf.set_default('host', 'fake-mini')
         self.conf.set_default('connection', "sqlite://", group='database')
         self.conf.set_default('sqlite_synchronous', False, group='database')
-        self.conf.set_default('verbose', True)
         config.parse_args([], default_config_files=[])
         self.addCleanup(self.conf.reset)