diff --git a/daemon/worker.c b/daemon/worker.c
index 9551c60f4..a23c4994b 100644
--- a/daemon/worker.c
+++ b/daemon/worker.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ worker_handle_request(struct comm_point* c, void* arg, int error,
 			char addrbuf[128];
 			addr_to_str(&repinfo->addr, repinfo->addrlen,
 						addrbuf, sizeof(addrbuf));
-		  verbose(VERB_OPS, "ip_ratelimit allowed through for ip address %s ",
+		  verbose(VERB_QUERY, "ip_ratelimit allowed through for ip address %s because of slip in ip_ratelimit_factor",
 				  addrbuf);
 		} else {
 			worker->stats.num_queries_ip_ratelimited++;