diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
index 3a74fec66d69fbad6a987ac9b9d30c23c5d3fec6..698e4f80270e67cf90d7d7a9a3aed0bf12d14f3b 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/rc/lirc-dev-intro.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ Example dmesg output upon a driver registering w/LIRC:
 .. code-block:: none
 
     $ dmesg |grep lirc_dev
-    lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 248
     rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver mceusb registered at minor = 0
 
 What you should see for a chardev:
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index da3b5c095a590079d2e8ba027360d517832e2b36..24e9fbb80e814e45091421d8dfe565806fc1b09f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -804,8 +804,8 @@ int __init lirc_dev_init(void)
 		return retval;
 	}
 
-	pr_info("IR Remote Control driver registered, major %d\n",
-						MAJOR(lirc_base_dev));
+	pr_debug("IR Remote Control driver registered, major %d\n",
+		 MAJOR(lirc_base_dev));
 
 	return 0;
 }