diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/util/logger.js b/lib/jsdoc/util/logger.js
index 3f0cfb34..b8134d60 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/util/logger.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/util/logger.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ var LEVELS = logger.LEVELS = {
     VERBOSE: 1000
 };
 
-var DEFAULT_LEVEL = LEVELS.ERROR;
+var DEFAULT_LEVEL = LEVELS.WARN;
 var logLevel = DEFAULT_LEVEL;
 
 var PREFIXES = {