diff --git a/src/libutil/error.hh b/src/libutil/error.hh
index d1b6d82bb..aa4fadfcc 100644
--- a/src/libutil/error.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/error.hh
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace nix {
 typedef enum {
     lvlError = 0,
     lvlWarn,
+    lvlNotice,
     lvlInfo,
     lvlTalkative,
     lvlChatty,
diff --git a/src/libutil/logging.hh b/src/libutil/logging.hh
index 82ba54051..96ad69790 100644
--- a/src/libutil/logging.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/logging.hh
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ extern Verbosity verbosity; /* suppress msgs > this */
     } while (0)
 
 #define printError(args...) printMsg(lvlError, args)
+#define notice(args...) printMsg(lvlNotice, args)
 #define printInfo(args...) printMsg(lvlInfo, args)
 #define printTalkative(args...) printMsg(lvlTalkative, args)
 #define debug(args...) printMsg(lvlDebug, args)
diff --git a/src/nix/main.cc b/src/nix/main.cc
index fb3bffeaf..27b1d7257 100644
--- a/src/nix/main.cc
+++ b/src/nix/main.cc
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void mainWrapped(int argc, char * * argv)
         if (legacy) return legacy(argc, argv);
     }
 
-    verbosity = lvlWarn;
+    verbosity = lvlNotice;
     settings.verboseBuild = false;
     evalSettings.pureEval = true;