diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/distributed.py b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/distributed.py
index 019030a491..792f54397f 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/utilities/distributed.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/utilities/distributed.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def _info(*args, **kwargs):
 
 
 def _debug(*args, **kwargs):
-    log.info(*args, **kwargs)
+    log.debug(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
 rank_zero_debug = rank_zero_only(_debug)