diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 218cbd2d7..09c1a6df8 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ Other changes:
    deleting empty directories on NFS shares.
    Bugzilla Report 45807.
 
+ * <loadfile> and <loadresource> used to log at level INFO to signal a
+   property hasn't been set when the resource was empty even if the
+   quiet attribute was set to true.  They will now use VERBOSE
+   instead.
+   Bugzilla Report 52107.   
+
 Changes from Ant 1.8.1 TO Ant 1.8.2
 ===================================
 
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadResource.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadResource.java
index 0e5856822..5b45879fd 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadResource.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/LoadResource.java
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ public class LoadResource extends Task {
 
                 text = crh.readFully(instream);
             } else {
-                log("Do not set property " + property + " as its length is 0.");
+                log("Do not set property " + property + " as its length is 0.",
+                    quiet ? Project.MSG_VERBOSE : Project.MSG_INFO);
             }
 
             if (text != null) {