diff --git a/hack/test-port-forwarding.pl b/hack/test-port-forwarding.pl
index 8245cf9396e..86c8778ba78 100755
--- a/hack/test-port-forwarding.pl
+++ b/hack/test-port-forwarding.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # running to perform the tests:
 #
 # ./hack/test-port-forwarding.pl templates/default.yaml
-# limactl --tty=false start templates/default.yaml
+# limactl --tty=false --log-level debug start templates/default.yaml
 # git restore templates/default.yaml
 # ./hack/test-port-forwarding.pl default
 #
diff --git a/pkg/hostagent/port.go b/pkg/hostagent/port.go
index 4c39b953d50..1a541a5c7c0 100644
--- a/pkg/hostagent/port.go
+++ b/pkg/hostagent/port.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (pf *portForwarder) OnEvent(ctx context.Context, ev *api.Event) {
 		}
 		local, remote := pf.forwardingAddresses(f)
 		if local == "" {
-			logrus.Infof("Not forwarding TCP %s", remote)
+			logrus.Debugf("Not forwarding TCP %s", remote)
 			continue
 		}
 		logrus.Infof("Forwarding TCP from %s to %s", remote, local)
diff --git a/pkg/portfwd/forward.go b/pkg/portfwd/forward.go
index cf616d8de4d..92eb1118b05 100644
--- a/pkg/portfwd/forward.go
+++ b/pkg/portfwd/forward.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (fw *Forwarder) OnEvent(ctx context.Context, client *guestagentclient.Guest
 	for _, f := range ev.LocalPortsAdded {
 		local, remote := fw.forwardingAddresses(f)
 		if local == "" {
-			logrus.Infof("Not forwarding %s %s", strings.ToUpper(f.Protocol), remote)
+			logrus.Debugf("Not forwarding %s %s", strings.ToUpper(f.Protocol), remote)
 			continue
 		}
 		logrus.Infof("Forwarding %s from %s to %s", strings.ToUpper(f.Protocol), remote, local)