diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh
index 0822c9ae10c2ac3f0caf4d02fefb3aaefae37505..172ffd2ff3f53a5d1861d8d21afc7ae47763b5f2 100755
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ check_dir() {
 		if [ -e "$check_directory" ]; then
 			fatal "'$check_directory' exists but is not a directory" 13
 		else
-			info "attempting to create '$check_directory'"
+			verbose "attempting to create '$check_directory'"
 			mkdir -p "$check_directory" || fatal "could not create '$check_directory'" 50
 		fi
 	fi