diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
index 547dcc01eed..640ee932215 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_monitor.c
@@ -220,16 +220,20 @@ static void ctdb_wait_until_recovered(struct event_context *ev, struct timed_eve
 {
 	struct ctdb_context *ctdb = talloc_get_type(private_data, struct ctdb_context);
 	int ret;
+	static int count = 0;
 
-	DEBUG(DEBUG_NOTICE,("CTDB_WAIT_UNTIL_RECOVERED\n"));
-	if (ctdb->nodes[ctdb->pnn]->flags & NODE_FLAGS_STOPPED) {
-		DEBUG(DEBUG_NOTICE,("Node is STOPPED. Node will NOT recover.\n"));
+	count++;
+
+	if (count < 60 || count%600 == 0) { 
+		DEBUG(DEBUG_NOTICE,("CTDB_WAIT_UNTIL_RECOVERED\n"));
+		if (ctdb->nodes[ctdb->pnn]->flags & NODE_FLAGS_STOPPED) {
+			DEBUG(DEBUG_NOTICE,("Node is STOPPED. Node will NOT recover.\n"));
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ctdb->vnn_map->generation == INVALID_GENERATION) {
 		ctdb->db_persistent_startup_generation = INVALID_GENERATION;
 
-		DEBUG(DEBUG_NOTICE,(__location__ " generation is INVALID. Wait one more second\n"));
 		event_add_timed(ctdb->ev, ctdb->monitor->monitor_context,
 				     timeval_current_ofs(1, 0), 
 				     ctdb_wait_until_recovered, ctdb);
diff --git a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
index 7b5814959f1..ab14225891e 100644
--- a/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
+++ b/ctdb/server/ctdb_recoverd.c
@@ -2578,7 +2578,7 @@ static int verify_local_ip_allocation(struct ctdb_context *ctdb, struct ctdb_rec
 	/* skip the check if we have started but not finished recovery */
 	if (timeval_compare(&uptime1->last_recovery_finished,
 			    &uptime1->last_recovery_started) != 1) {
-		DEBUG(DEBUG_NOTICE, (__location__ " in the middle of recovery or ip reallocation. skipping public ip address check\n"));
+		DEBUG(DEBUG_INFO, (__location__ " in the middle of recovery or ip reallocation. skipping public ip address check\n"));
 		talloc_free(mem_ctx);
 
 		return 0;