diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 404bd1ef0..5f609624f 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.96 - 
 ================================
+  Change message severity for creation of VG over uninitialised devices.
   Fix error path for failing toolcontext creation.
   Fix warn msg for thin pool chunk size and update man for chunksize (2.02.89).
 
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.c b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
index 1273af5e2..2197f22ca 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
@@ -1468,8 +1468,8 @@ static int _pvcreate_write(struct cmd_context *cmd, struct pv_to_create *pvc)
 			stack;
 	}
 
-	log_error("Writing physical volume data to disk \"%s\"",
-			 pv_name);
+	log_verbose("Writing physical volume data to disk \"%s\"",
+		    pv_name);
 
 	if (!(pv_write(cmd, pv, 1))) {
 		log_error("Failed to write physical volume \"%s\"", pv_name);