diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
index 495f4809e..13d048032 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Delete.java
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ public class Delete extends MatchingTask {
                     } 
                 } 
             } else {
-                log("Could not find file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " to delete.");
+                log("Could not find file " + file.getAbsolutePath() + " to delete.", Project.MSG_VERBOSE);
             }
         }