diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index e3299bf0a..2c168d1a1 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.50 - 
 ================================
+  Remove unnecessary messages after vgcreate/vgsplit refactor (2.02.49).
   Add log_errno to set a specific errno and replace log_error in due course.
   Add lvm_errno and lvm_errmsg to liblvm to obtain failure information.
   Change create_toolcontext to still return an object if it fails part-way.
diff --git a/lib/metadata/metadata.c b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
index 7f5827740..13bba404d 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/metadata.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/metadata.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ int vg_set_extent_size(vg_t *vg, uint32_t new_size)
 	}
 
 	if (new_size == vg->extent_size) {
-		log_error("Physical extent size of VG %s is already %s",
+		log_verbose("Physical extent size of VG %s is already %s",
 			  vg->name, display_size(vg->cmd, (uint64_t) new_size));
 		return 1;
 	}
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ int vg_set_alloc_policy(vg_t *vg, alloc_policy_t alloc)
 	}
 
 	if (alloc == vg->alloc) {
-		log_print("Volume group allocation policy is already %s",
+		log_verbose("Volume group allocation policy is already %s",
 			  get_alloc_string(vg->alloc));
 		return 1;
 	}