diff --git a/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c b/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
index f54cf1d..339f8a7 100644
--- a/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
+++ b/LVM2/libdm/ioctl/libdm-iface.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static int _get_proc_number(const char *file, const char *name,
 		log_sys_error("fclose", file);
 
 	if (number) {
-		log_error("%s: No entry for %s found", file, name);
+		log_verbose("%s: No entry for %s found", file, name);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ static int _open_control(void)
 	return 1;
 
 bad:
-	log_error("Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.");
+	log_verbose("Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.");
 	if (!geteuid())
-		log_error("Check that device-mapper is available in the kernel.");
+		log_verbose("Check that device-mapper is available in the kernel.");
 	return 0;
 #else
 	return 1;