diff --git a/logging.c b/logging.c
index a511786b..35635ce2 100644
--- a/logging.c
+++ b/logging.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ static void my_log_curses(int prio, const char *datetime, const char *str, bool
 }
 
 /* high-level logging function, based on global opt_log_level */
-
 void applog(int prio, const char* fmt, ...) {
 	va_list args;
 
diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
index 3972b2eb..fcc7dc74 100644
--- a/util.c
+++ b/util.c
@@ -1655,9 +1655,9 @@ static bool parse_diff(struct pool *pool, json_t *val)
 		int idiff = diff;
 
 		if ((double)idiff == diff)
-			applog(LOG_NOTICE, "%s difficulty changed to %d", get_pool_name(pool), idiff);
+			applog(pool == current_pool() ? LOG_NOTICE : LOG_DEBUG, "%s difficulty changed to %d", get_pool_name(pool), idiff);
 		else
-			applog(LOG_NOTICE, "%s difficulty changed to %.1f", get_pool_name(pool), diff);
+			applog(pool == current_pool() ? LOG_NOTICE : LOG_DEBUG, "%s difficulty changed to %.1f", get_pool_name(pool), diff);
 	} else
 		applog(LOG_DEBUG, "%s difficulty set to %f", pool->name, diff);