diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index de140835..5d5c8e4c 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-19  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* log.c (logputs): Check for requested verbosity before printing
+	anything.
+
 2001-12-19  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* html-url.c (tag_handle_link): Treat the "shortcut icon" link as
diff --git a/src/log.c b/src/log.c
index aa38348b..85a8b5ed 100644
--- a/src/log.c
+++ b/src/log.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ logputs (enum log_options o, const char *s)
   check_redirect_output ();
   if (!(fp = get_log_fp ()))
     return;
+  CHECK_VERBOSE (o);
 
   fputs (s, fp);
   if (save_context_p)