diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d816d28c70..1dc0f208c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Changes in version 0.2.1.1-alpha - 2008-??-??
       with: Log [MM] debug-err [*] notice-err file /var/log/tor.
     - Add a malloc_good_size implementation to OpenBSD_malloc_linux.c,
       to avoid unused RAM in buffer chunks and memory pools.
+    - Downgrade "sslv3 alert handshake failure" message to INFO.
 
 
 Changes in version 0.2.0.21-rc - 2008-03-02
diff --git a/src/common/tortls.c b/src/common/tortls.c
index e4e7f7ae67..1352f79533 100644
--- a/src/common/tortls.c
+++ b/src/common/tortls.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ tor_tls_renegotiate(tor_tls_t *tls)
     return TOR_TLS_DONE;
   } else
     return tor_tls_get_error(tls, r, CATCH_SYSCALL|CATCH_ZERO,
-                             "renegotiating handshake", LOG_WARN);
+                             "renegotiating handshake", LOG_INFO);
 }
 
 /** Shut down an open tls connection <b>tls</b>.  When finished, returns