diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 43a35afe5..e78d3eeaf 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-09-08  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
+
+	* util/hostdisk.c (open_device): Replace a grub_util_info() call
+	with grub_dprintf("hostdisk", ...), as it was so verbose that it
+	clobbered useful information.
+
 2008-09-08  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
 
 	* include/grub/util/biosdisk.h: Move to ...
diff --git a/util/hostdisk.c b/util/hostdisk.c
index 5465cb058..5f6c52f0f 100644
--- a/util/hostdisk.c
+++ b/util/hostdisk.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <grub/err.h>
 #include <grub/util/misc.h>
 #include <grub/util/biosdisk.h>
+#include <grub/misc.h>
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ open_device (const grub_disk_t disk, grub_disk_addr_t sector, int flags)
       is_partition = linux_find_partition (dev, disk->partition->start);
     
     /* Open the partition.  */
-    grub_util_info ("opening the device `%s' in open_device()", dev);
+    grub_dprintf ("hostdisk", "opening the device `%s' in open_device()", dev);
     fd = open (dev, flags);
     if (fd < 0)
       {