diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index a343b4a88..de1f93699 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Other changes:
 * add classpathref attribute to <whichresource>
   Bugzilla 41158.
 
+* reduce logging noise of <apply skipemptyfilesets="true">
+  Bugzilla  29154
+
 Changes from Ant 1.6.5 to Ant 1.7.0
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java
index be722b94a..6e58e6910 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/ExecuteOn.java
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ public class ExecuteOn extends ExecTask {
 
         log("Skipping fileset for directory " + base + ". It is "
             + ((includedCount > 0) ? "up to date." : "empty."),
-            Project.MSG_INFO);
+             verbose ? Project.MSG_INFO : Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
     }
 
     /**