diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/dotnet/DotnetBaseMatchingTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/dotnet/DotnetBaseMatchingTask.java
index 75fb6f6ce..b1ef51e21 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/dotnet/DotnetBaseMatchingTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/dotnet/DotnetBaseMatchingTask.java
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ public class DotnetBaseMatchingTask extends MatchingTask {
      */
     protected void addFilesToCommand(Hashtable filesToBuild, NetCommand command) {
         int count = filesToBuild.size();
-        log("compiling " + count + " file" + ((count == 1) ? "" : "s"));
+        log("compiling " + count + " file" + ((count == 1) ? "" : "s"),
+                Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
         Enumeration files = filesToBuild.elements();
         while (files.hasMoreElements()) {
             File file = (File) files.nextElement();