diff --git a/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c b/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c

index f54cf1d..339f8a7 100644

--- a/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c

+++ b/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int _get_proc_number(const char *file, const char *name,

 		log_sys_error("fclose", file);

 	if (number) {

-		log_error("%s: No entry for %s found", file, name);

+		log_verbose("%s: No entry for %s found", file, name);

 		return 0;

 	}

@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ static int _open_control(void)

 	return 1;

 bad:

-	log_error("Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.");

+	log_verbose("Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.");

 	if (!geteuid())

-		log_error("Check that device-mapper is available in the kernel.");

+		log_verbose("Check that device-mapper is available in the kernel.");

 	return 0;

 #else

 	return 1;