diff --git a/oslo_log/log.py b/oslo_log/log.py
index dabce127..3d870520 100644
--- a/oslo_log/log.py
+++ b/oslo_log/log.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def _refresh_root_level(debug):
     if debug:
         log_root.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
     else:
-        log_root.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+        log_root.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 
 def _setup_logging_from_conf(conf, project, version):
diff --git a/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py b/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py
index 77df9ed8..b1c69d84 100644
--- a/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py
+++ b/oslo_log/tests/unit/test_log.py
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ class CommonLoggerTestsMixIn(object):
         logger = logging.getLogger(logger_name)
         self.assertEqual(logging.DEBUG, logger.getEffectiveLevel())
 
-    def test_will_be_warning_if_debug_flag_not_set(self):
+    def test_will_be_info_if_debug_flag_not_set(self):
         self.config(debug=False)
         logger_name = 'test_is_not_debug'
         log.setup(self.CONF, logger_name)
         logger = logging.getLogger(logger_name)
-        self.assertEqual(logging.WARNING, logger.getEffectiveLevel())
+        self.assertEqual(logging.INFO, logger.getEffectiveLevel())
 
     def test_no_logging_via_module(self):
         for func in ('critical', 'error', 'exception', 'warning', 'warn',
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ class FastWatchedFileHandlerTestCase(BaseTestCase):
         log_path = self._config()
         logger = log._loggers[None].logger
         text = 'Hello World!'
-        logger.warning(text)
+        logger.info(text)
         with open(log_path, 'r') as f:
             file_content = f.read()
         self.assertTrue(text in file_content)
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ class ConfigTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
         log._setup_logging_from_conf(conf, 'test', 'test')
         self.assertEqual(conf.debug, False)
-        self.assertEqual(log.WARN, log_root.getEffectiveLevel())
+        self.assertEqual(log.INFO, log_root.getEffectiveLevel())
 
         shutil.copy(paths[1], paths[0])
         conf.mutate_config_files()
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/info-logging-7b7be9fc7a95aebc.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/info-logging-7b7be9fc7a95aebc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..935d35fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/info-logging-7b7be9fc7a95aebc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - When removing the "verbose" option, the default logging level was set to
+    "WARNING" by mistake. Fixed it back to "INFO".