diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 0820cb4d17..f701982499 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ All:
 
 - Add support for the micro version (third component) to OS and toolkit version
   functions. See wxGetOsVersion(), wxPlatformInfo, and wxAppTraits.
+- wxLogInfo() now logs messages if the log level is high enough, even without
+  wxLog::SetVerbose() which now only affects wxLogVerbose().
 
 wxMSW:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/log.h b/include/wx/log.h
index 5775c14d72..cbc15efde9 100644
--- a/include/wx/log.h
+++ b/include/wx/log.h
@@ -1272,6 +1272,10 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar* wxSysErrorMsg(unsigned long nErrCode = 0);
 #define wxLogMessage wxDO_LOG_IF_ENABLED(Message)
 #define wxVLogMessage(format, argptr) wxDO_LOGV(Message, format, argptr)
 
+#define wxLogInfo wxDO_LOG_IF_ENABLED(Info)
+#define wxVLogInfo(format, argptr) wxDO_LOGV(Info, format, argptr)
+
+
 // this one is special as it only logs if we're in verbose mode
 #define wxLogVerbose                                                          \
     if ( !(wxLog::IsLevelEnabled(wxLOG_Info, wxLOG_COMPONENT) &&              \
@@ -1286,11 +1290,6 @@ WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE const wxChar* wxSysErrorMsg(unsigned long nErrCode = 0);
     else                                                                      \
         wxDO_LOGV(Info, format, argptr)
 
-// deprecated synonyms for wxLogVerbose() and wxVLogVerbose()
-#define wxLogInfo wxLogVerbose
-#define wxVLogInfo wxVLogVerbose
-
-
 // another special case: the level is passed as first argument of the function
 // and so is not available to the macro
 //
diff --git a/interface/wx/log.h b/interface/wx/log.h
index 6eb75b7f22..d365548d54 100644
--- a/interface/wx/log.h
+++ b/interface/wx/log.h
@@ -1261,9 +1261,31 @@ void wxVLogMessage(const char* formatString, va_list argPtr);
 /** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_log */
 //@{
 /**
-    For verbose output. Normally, it is suppressed, but might be activated if
-    the user wishes to know more details about the program progress (another,
-    but possibly confusing name for the same function could be @c wxLogInfo).
+    For low priority messages.
+
+    They are handled in the same way as messages logged by wxLogMessage() by
+    the default logger but could be handled differently by the custom loggers.
+
+    @header{wx/log.h}
+*/
+void wxLogInfo(const char* formatString, ... );
+void wxVLogInfo(const char* formatString, va_list argPtr);
+//@}
+
+/** @addtogroup group_funcmacro_log */
+//@{
+/**
+    For verbose output.
+
+    Messages generated by these functions are suppressed by default, even if
+    the log level is higher than ::wxLOG_Info and need to be explicitly
+    activated by calling wxLog::SetVerbose().
+
+    Notice that this is done automatically by wxWidgets, unless the standard
+    command line handling is overridden, if @c --verbose option is specified on
+    the program command line, so using these functions provides a simple way of
+    having some diagnostic messages not shown by default but which can be
+    easily shown by the user if needed.
 
     @header{wx/log.h}
 */
diff --git a/src/generic/logg.cpp b/src/generic/logg.cpp
index e57f003b2b..36c832d389 100644
--- a/src/generic/logg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/logg.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ void wxLogGui::DoLogRecord(wxLogLevel level,
     switch ( level )
     {
         case wxLOG_Info:
-            if ( GetVerbose() )
         case wxLOG_Message:
             {
                 m_aMessages.Add(msg);