diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 3868a2f4c..1fb1bca74 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-17  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* uinfo.cc (etc::dir_changed): Don't print a warning if can't open
+	/etc, unless debugging.
+
 2003-01-17   Pierre Humblet  <pierre.humblet@ieee.org>
 
 	* grp.cc (read_etc_group): On NT, add a line for gid = -1.  Change name
@@ -9,7 +14,6 @@
 	same default uid for Win95 and NT.  Call cygheap_user::ontherange to
 	initialize HOME.
 
-
 2003-01-16  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* cygheap.cc (init_cygheap::etc_changed): Move to uinfo.cc.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
index 5eb76b100..73614f7b9 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/uinfo.cc
@@ -424,9 +424,11 @@ etc::dir_changed (int n)
 	  path_conv pwd ("/etc");
 	  changed_h = FindFirstChangeNotification (pwd, FALSE,
 						  FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_LAST_WRITE);
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
 	  if (changed_h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 	    system_printf ("Can't open /etc for checking, %E", (char *) pwd,
 			   changed_h);
+#endif
 	}
 
       if (changed_h == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)