diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
index d7e90f25d2..71a0eba8e4 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/cooker.py
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ class BBCooker:
                     pkgs_to_build.append(t)
 
         if 'universe' in pkgs_to_build:
-            parselog.warning("The \"universe\" target is only intended for testing and may produce errors.")
+            parselog.verbnote("The \"universe\" target is only intended for testing and may produce errors.")
             parselog.debug(1, "collating packages for \"universe\"")
             pkgs_to_build.remove('universe')
             for mc in self.multiconfigs:
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
index 7095ea5abc..91911aff89 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/runqueue.py
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ class RunQueueData:
                     msg += "\n%s has unique rprovides:\n  %s" % (provfn, "\n  ".join(rprovide_results[provfn] - commonrprovs))
 
                 if self.warn_multi_bb:
-                    logger.warning(msg)
+                    logger.verbnote(msg)
                 else:
                     logger.error(msg)