diff --git a/daemon/face/internal-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/internal-transport.cpp
index 5c59ad7e..3e9552c0 100644
--- a/daemon/face/internal-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/internal-transport.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ InternalForwarderTransport::InternalForwarderTransport(const FaceUri& localUri,
   this->setLinkType(linkType);
   this->setMtu(MTU_UNLIMITED);
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/daemon/face/multicast-ethernet-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/multicast-ethernet-transport.cpp
index f0fa5ce8..80f13ea3 100644
--- a/daemon/face/multicast-ethernet-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/multicast-ethernet-transport.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ MulticastEthernetTransport::MulticastEthernetTransport(const ndn::net::NetworkIn
   this->setLinkType(linkType);
   this->setMtu(localEndpoint.getMtu());
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 
   char filter[110];
   // note #1: we cannot use std::snprintf because it's not available
diff --git a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp
index ec50d7f3..2c61527e 100644
--- a/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/multicast-udp-transport.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ MulticastUdpTransport::MulticastUdpTransport(const protocol::endpoint& multicast
     this->setSendQueueCapacity(sendBufferSizeOption.value());
   }
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 }
 
 ssize_t
diff --git a/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp
index 4c747be1..90c18255 100644
--- a/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/tcp-transport.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ TcpTransport::TcpTransport(protocol::socket&& socket,
   this->setLinkType(ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
   this->setMtu(MTU_UNLIMITED);
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 }
 
 ssize_t
diff --git a/daemon/face/unicast-ethernet-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/unicast-ethernet-transport.cpp
index ed61d7a6..3ed78006 100644
--- a/daemon/face/unicast-ethernet-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/unicast-ethernet-transport.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ UnicastEthernetTransport::UnicastEthernetTransport(const ndn::net::NetworkInterf
     this->setMtu(localEndpoint.getMtu());
   }
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 
   char filter[110];
   // note #1: we cannot use std::snprintf because it's not available
diff --git a/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp
index c872c095..c2c0d2b8 100644
--- a/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/unicast-udp-transport.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ UnicastUdpTransport::UnicastUdpTransport(protocol::socket&& socket,
   }
   BOOST_ASSERT(this->getMtu() >= MIN_MTU);
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 
 #ifdef __linux__
   //
diff --git a/daemon/face/unix-stream-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/unix-stream-transport.cpp
index b1987a58..483a1381 100644
--- a/daemon/face/unix-stream-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/unix-stream-transport.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2018,  Regents of the University of California,
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2019,  Regents of the University of California,
  *                           Arizona Board of Regents,
  *                           Colorado State University,
  *                           University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ UnixStreamTransport::UnixStreamTransport(protocol::socket&& socket)
   this->setLinkType(ndn::nfd::LINK_TYPE_POINT_TO_POINT);
   this->setMtu(MTU_UNLIMITED);
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 }
 
 } // namespace face
diff --git a/daemon/face/websocket-transport.cpp b/daemon/face/websocket-transport.cpp
index b7fdc20d..63be570e 100644
--- a/daemon/face/websocket-transport.cpp
+++ b/daemon/face/websocket-transport.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ WebSocketTransport::WebSocketTransport(websocketpp::connection_hdl hdl,
 
   this->schedulePing();
 
-  NFD_LOG_FACE_INFO("Creating transport");
+  NFD_LOG_FACE_DEBUG("Creating transport");
 }
 
 void