diff --git a/emcc b/emcc
index 0b973568c..5d63a46c3 100755
--- a/emcc
+++ b/emcc
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ EMCC_CFLAGS = os.environ.get('EMCC_CFLAGS') # Additional compiler flags that we
 logging.debug('invocation: ' + ' '.join(sys.argv) + (' + ' + EMCC_CFLAGS if EMCC_CFLAGS else ''))
 if EMCC_CFLAGS: sys.argv.append(EMCC_CFLAGS)
 
-if DEBUG and LEAVE_INPUTS_RAW: logging.error('leaving inputs raw')
+if DEBUG and LEAVE_INPUTS_RAW: logging.warning('leaving inputs raw')
 
 stdout = PIPE if not DEBUG else None # suppress output of child processes
 stderr = PIPE if not DEBUG else None # unless we are in DEBUG mode
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ try:
       newargs[i] = ''
     elif newargs[i] == '--clear-cache':
       newargs[i] = ''
-      logging.info('clearing cache')
+      logging.warning('clearing cache')
       shared.Cache.erase()
       sys.exit(0)
     elif newargs[i] == '--save-bc':
diff --git a/tools/shared.py b/tools/shared.py
index 42eb50c86..f451ee30d 100644
--- a/tools/shared.py
+++ b/tools/shared.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def check_sanity(force=False):
         except Exception, e:
           reason = 'unknown: ' + str(e)
     if reason:
-      logging.info('(Emscripten: %s, clearing cache)' % reason)
+      logging.warning('(Emscripten: %s, clearing cache)' % reason)
       Cache.erase()
 
     # some warning, not fatal checks - do them even if EM_IGNORE_SANITY is on
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ class Configuration:
     try:
       self.TEMP_DIR = TEMP_DIR
     except NameError:
-      logging.info('TEMP_DIR not defined in ~/.emscripten, using /tmp')
+      logging.debug('TEMP_DIR not defined in ~/.emscripten, using /tmp')
       self.TEMP_DIR = '/tmp'
 
     self.CANONICAL_TEMP_DIR = os.path.join(self.TEMP_DIR, 'emscripten_temp')