diff --git a/doc/ref/cli/salt-call.rst b/doc/ref/cli/salt-call.rst
index 19fccc7bd6..bef7126b80 100644
--- a/doc/ref/cli/salt-call.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/cli/salt-call.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Options
 
 .. include:: _includes/logging-options.rst
 .. |logfile| replace:: /var/log/salt/minion
-.. |loglevel| replace:: ``info``
+.. |loglevel| replace:: ``warning``
 
 .. include:: _includes/output-options.rst
 
diff --git a/doc/ref/configuration/logging/index.rst b/doc/ref/configuration/logging/index.rst
index d5a706456e..0baf284454 100644
--- a/doc/ref/configuration/logging/index.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/configuration/logging/index.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Examples:
 ``log_level``
 -------------
 
-Default: ``info``
+Default: ``warning``
 
 The level of log record messages to send to the console.
 One of ``all``, ``garbage``, ``trace``, ``debug``, ``info``, ``warning``,
diff --git a/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst b/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst
index 3ee793536c..f53a0e2ef8 100644
--- a/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst
@@ -1506,7 +1506,7 @@ Examples:
 ``log_level``
 -------------
 
-Default: ``info``
+Default: ``warning``
 
 The level of messages to send to the console. See also :conf_log:`log_level`.