diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/AbstractScmMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/AbstractScmMojo.java
index cc1a8fd5b..2c356990a 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/AbstractScmMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/AbstractScmMojo.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             for (Entry<String, String> entry : providerImplementations.entrySet()) {
                 String providerType = entry.getKey();
                 String providerImplementation = entry.getValue();
-                getLog().info("Change the default '" + providerType + "' provider implementation to '"
+                getLog().debug("Change the default '" + providerType + "' provider implementation to '"
                         + providerImplementation + "'.");
                 getScmManager().setScmProviderImplementation(providerType, providerImplementation);
             }
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/BranchMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/BranchMojo.java
index 3ac8e46b1..855df16f3 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/BranchMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/BranchMojo.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             ScmProvider provider = getScmManager().getProviderByRepository(repository);
 
             String finalBranch = provider.sanitizeTagName(branch);
-            getLog().info("Final Branch Name: '" + finalBranch + "'");
+            getLog().debug("Final Branch Name: '" + finalBranch + "'");
 
             ScmBranchParameters scmBranchParameters = new ScmBranchParameters(message);
             scmBranchParameters.setRemoteBranching(remoteBranching);
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ChangeLogMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ChangeLogMojo.java
index a91158e20..f6fc6be8e 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ChangeLogMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ChangeLogMojo.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             ChangeLogSet changeLogSet = result.getChangeLog();
 
             for (ChangeSet changeSet : changeLogSet.getChangeSets()) {
-                getLog().info(changeSet.toString());
+                getLog().debug(changeSet.toString());
             }
 
         } catch (IOException | ScmException e) {
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/CheckoutMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/CheckoutMojo.java
index 2b66ba560..d1f2eae37 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/CheckoutMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/CheckoutMojo.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ protected ScmResult checkout() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
     private void prepareOutputDirectory(File ouputDirectory) throws MojoExecutionException {
         try {
-            this.getLog().info("Removing " + ouputDirectory);
+            this.getLog().debug("Removing " + ouputDirectory);
 
             FileUtils.deleteDirectory(getCheckoutDirectory());
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/DiffMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/DiffMojo.java
index ce1de9b60..439a23a81 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/DiffMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/DiffMojo.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
             checkResult(result);
 
-            getLog().info(result.getPatch());
+            getLog().debug(result.getPatch());
 
             try {
                 if (outputFile != null) {
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ExportMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ExportMojo.java
index 703100178..ea8a1b5fb 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ExportMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/ExportMojo.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ protected void export() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
             try {
                 if (this.exportDirectory.exists()) {
-                    this.getLog().info("Removing " + this.exportDirectory);
+                    this.getLog().debug("Removing " + this.exportDirectory);
 
                     FileUtils.deleteDirectory(this.exportDirectory);
                 }
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/TagMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/TagMojo.java
index 3e3c2bf6f..3c26995c2 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/TagMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/TagMojo.java
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
             if (addTimestamp) {
                 try {
-                    getLog().info("Using timestamp pattern '" + timestampFormat + "'");
+                    getLog().debug("Using timestamp pattern '" + timestampFormat + "'");
                     dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(timestampFormat);
                     tagTimestamp = dateFormat.format(new Date());
-                    getLog().info("Using timestamp '" + tagTimestamp + "'");
+                    getLog().debug("Using timestamp '" + tagTimestamp + "'");
                 } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                     String msg = "The timestamp format '" + timestampFormat + "' is invalid.";
                     getLog().error(msg, e);
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             ScmProvider provider = getScmManager().getProviderByRepository(repository);
 
             finalTag = provider.sanitizeTagName(finalTag);
-            getLog().info("Final Tag Name: '" + finalTag + "'");
+            getLog().debug("Final Tag Name: '" + finalTag + "'");
 
             ScmTagParameters scmTagParameters = new ScmTagParameters(message);
             scmTagParameters.setRemoteTagging(remoteTagging);
diff --git a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/UpdateMojo.java b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/UpdateMojo.java
index 351bcd05f..723d86cd3 100644
--- a/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/UpdateMojo.java
+++ b/maven-scm-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/plugin/UpdateMojo.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             if (result instanceof UpdateScmResultWithRevision) {
                 String revision = ((UpdateScmResultWithRevision) result).getRevision();
 
-                getLog().info("Storing revision in '" + revisionKey + "' project property.");
+                getLog().debug("Storing revision in '" + revisionKey + "' project property.");
 
                 if (project.getProperties() != null) // Remove the test when we'll use plugin-test-harness 1.0-alpha-2
                 {
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/checkout/HgCheckOutCommand.java b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/checkout/HgCheckOutCommand.java
index fc0b737dd..ae237748b 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/checkout/HgCheckOutCommand.java
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/checkout/HgCheckOutCommand.java
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ protected CheckOutScmResult executeCheckOutCommand(
 
         File checkoutDir = fileSet.getBasedir();
         try {
-            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                logger.info("Removing " + checkoutDir);
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("Removing " + checkoutDir);
             }
             FileUtils.deleteDirectory(checkoutDir);
         } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/status/HgStatusConsumer.java b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/status/HgStatusConsumer.java
index f4c0eccae..c7f1f030b 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/status/HgStatusConsumer.java
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-provider-hg/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/hg/command/status/HgStatusConsumer.java
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ public void doConsume(ScmFileStatus status, String trimmedLine) {
         // Only include real files (not directories)
         File tmpFile = new File(workingDir, trimmedLine);
         if (!tmpFile.exists()) {
-            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                logger.info("Not a file: " + tmpFile + ". Ignoring");
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("Not a file: " + tmpFile + ". Ignoring");
             }
         } else if (tmpFile.isDirectory()) {
-            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                logger.info("New directory added: " + tmpFile);
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug("New directory added: " + tmpFile);
             }
         } else {
             ScmFile scmFile = new ScmFile(trimmedLine, status);
-            if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-                logger.info(scmFile.toString());
+            if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                logger.debug(scmFile.toString());
             }
             repositoryStatus.add(scmFile);
         }
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-jgit/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/git/jgit/command/checkin/JGitCheckInCommand.java b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-jgit/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/git/jgit/command/checkin/JGitCheckInCommand.java
index 34b4053b6..51a175061 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-jgit/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/git/jgit/command/checkin/JGitCheckInCommand.java
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-git/maven-scm-provider-jgit/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/git/jgit/command/checkin/JGitCheckInCommand.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public CheckInScmResult executeCommand(ScmProviderRepository repo, ScmFileSet fi
                         .setSign(parameters.getBoolean(CommandParameter.SCM_COMMIT_SIGN, true));
                 RevCommit commitRev = command.call();
 
-                logger.info("commit done: " + commitRev.getShortMessage());
+                logger.debug("commit done: " + commitRev.getShortMessage());
                 checkedInFiles = JGitUtils.getFilesInCommit(git.getRepository(), commitRev, fileSet.getBasedir());
                 if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     for (ScmFile scmFile : checkedInFiles) {
diff --git a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svnexe/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/svn/svnexe/command/untag/SvnUntagCommand.java b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svnexe/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/svn/svnexe/command/untag/SvnUntagCommand.java
index e0e298af8..568345bc8 100644
--- a/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svnexe/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/svn/svnexe/command/untag/SvnUntagCommand.java
+++ b/maven-scm-providers/maven-scm-providers-svn/maven-scm-provider-svnexe/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/scm/provider/svn/svnexe/command/untag/SvnUntagCommand.java
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ public ScmResult executeUntagCommand(
 
         CommandLineUtils.StringStreamConsumer stderr = new CommandLineUtils.StringStreamConsumer();
 
-        if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            logger.info("Executing: " + SvnCommandLineUtils.cryptPassword(cl));
+        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            logger.debug("Executing: " + SvnCommandLineUtils.cryptPassword(cl));
 
             if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
-                logger.info("Working directory: " + cl.getWorkingDirectory().getAbsolutePath());
+                logger.debug("Working directory: " + cl.getWorkingDirectory().getAbsolutePath());
             }
         }