diff --git a/certbot/constants.py b/certbot/constants.py
index 1d4efe80e..fb278161d 100644
--- a/certbot/constants.py
+++ b/certbot/constants.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CLI_DEFAULTS = dict(
         os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "~/.config"),
                      "letsencrypt", "cli.ini"),
     ],
-    verbose_count=-(logging.WARNING / 10),
+    verbose_count=-(logging.INFO / 10),
     server="https://acme-v01.api.letsencrypt.org/directory",
     rsa_key_size=2048,
     rollback_checkpoints=1,