diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f00ba7a79..82e0d55e5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ver 0.21.26 (not yet released)
   - ffmpeg: remove "rtsp://" from the list of supported protocols
   - ffmpeg: add "hls+http://" to the list of supported protocols
   - sndfile: fix lost samples at end of file
+* the default log_level is "default", not "info"
 
 ver 0.21.25 (2020/07/06)
 * protocol:
diff --git a/src/LogBackend.cxx b/src/LogBackend.cxx
index f7760ee23..676ecf3cb 100644
--- a/src/LogBackend.cxx
+++ b/src/LogBackend.cxx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ToAndroidLogLevel(LogLevel log_level) noexcept
 
 #else
 
-static LogLevel log_threshold = LogLevel::INFO;
+static LogLevel log_threshold = LogLevel::DEFAULT;
 
 static bool enable_timestamp;