diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e69de29b..4d426848 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+2017-03-05  Joerg Wunsch <j.gnu@uriah.heep.sax.de>
+
+	Reported by Roger A. Krupski:
+	* safemode.c: Display lfuse at correct MSG level
+
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ced93cd3..a24bd16f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Current:
 
   * Bugfixes:
     bug #47550: Linux GPIO broken
+    [no-id]: message level for lfuse display in safemode.c wrong
 
   * Internals:
 
diff --git a/safemode.c b/safemode.c
index b530a5fc..41012c12 100644
--- a/safemode.c
+++ b/safemode.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int safemode_readfuses (unsigned char * lfuse, unsigned char * hfuse,
         return -1;
     }
     else if (fusegood == 1) {
-        avrdude_message(MSG_DEBUG, "%s: safemode: lfuse reads as %X\n", progname, safemode_lfuse);
+        avrdude_message(MSG_NOTICE, "%s: safemode: lfuse reads as %X\n", progname, safemode_lfuse);
     }
 
   /* Read hfuse three times */