diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 0079599db..971c777c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Changed
 - Texts in prompts are now selectable.
 - Renderer process crashes now show an error page.
 - (QtWebKit) storage -> offline-web-application-storage` got renamed to `...-cache`
-
+- The default level for `:messages` is now `info`, not `error`
 
 Fixed
 ~~~~~
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
index bcb38a650..cfbf3e765 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/commands.py
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ class CommandDispatcher:
         self._open(url, tab, bg, window)
 
     @cmdutils.register(instance='command-dispatcher', scope='window')
-    def messages(self, level='error', plain=False, tab=False, bg=False,
+    def messages(self, level='info', plain=False, tab=False, bg=False,
                  window=False):
         """Show a log of past messages.