diff --git a/src/output-json.c b/src/output-json.c
index 69ea7cf191..aec2f67c4e 100644
--- a/src/output-json.c
+++ b/src/output-json.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ OutputCtx *OutputJsonInitCtx(ConfNode *conf)
         json_out = json_ctx->json_out;
     }
 
-    SCLogInfo("returning output_ctx %p", output_ctx);
+    SCLogDebug("returning output_ctx %p", output_ctx);
     return output_ctx;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util-profiling-keywords.c b/src/util-profiling-keywords.c
index 84073735ea..9f3019aa5d 100644
--- a/src/util-profiling-keywords.c
+++ b/src/util-profiling-keywords.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ SCProfilingKeywordDump(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
     tms = SCLocalTime(tval.tv_sec, &local_tm);
 
     if (profiling_keywords_output_to_file == 1) {
-        SCLogInfo("file %s mode %s", profiling_file_name, profiling_file_mode);
+        SCLogDebug("file %s mode %s", profiling_file_name, profiling_file_mode);
 
         fp = fopen(profiling_file_name, profiling_file_mode);