diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 9a204a9..b162857 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.2.11:
+- Make emitting logs off per default, observer the passed `debug` parameter
+- Set updater log level to debug
+
 0.2.10:
 - Adding STARTTLS handling
 - Use EHLO instead of HELO
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 6b85dc8..258b586 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Basic usage::
 
 :code:`use_blacklist`: use the blacklist of domains downloaded from https://github.com/martenson/disposable-email-domains
 
-:code:`debug`: emit debug messages while checking email
+:code:`debug`: emit debug/warning messages while checking email
 
 The function :code:`validate_email_or_fail()` works exactly like :code:`validate_email`, except that it raises an exception in the case of validation failure instead of returning :code:`False`.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b220e20..875897b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class BuildPyCommand(build_py):
 
 setup(
     name='py3-validate-email',
-    version='0.2.10',
+    version='0.2.11',
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
     install_requires=['dnspython~=2.0', 'idna~=2.10', 'filelock~=3.0'],
     author='László Károlyi',
diff --git a/validate_email/mx_check.py b/validate_email/mx_check.py
index 1773950..fad5353 100644
--- a/validate_email/mx_check.py
+++ b/validate_email/mx_check.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def _smtp_ehlo_tls(smtp: SMTP, helo_host: str):
         smtp.starttls()
         code, message = smtp.ehlo(name=helo_host)
     except SMTPNotSupportedError as exc:
-        print('XXX', exc)
         # The server does not support the STARTTLS extension
         pass
     except RuntimeError:
diff --git a/validate_email/updater.py b/validate_email/updater.py
index fe60932..5da0c5b 100644
--- a/validate_email/updater.py
+++ b/validate_email/updater.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def update_builtin_blacklist(
     Update and reload the built-in blacklist. Return the `Thread` used
     to do the background update, so it can be `join()`-ed.
     """
-    LOGGER.info(msg='Starting optional update of built-in blacklist.')
+    LOGGER.debug(msg='Starting optional update of built-in blacklist.')
     blacklist_updater = BlacklistUpdater()
     kwargs = dict(force=force, callback=callback)
     if not background:
diff --git a/validate_email/validate_email.py b/validate_email/validate_email.py
index bf28881..e25fae0 100644
--- a/validate_email/validate_email.py
+++ b/validate_email/validate_email.py
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def validate_email_or_fail(
         dns_timeout=dns_timeout, debug=debug)
 
 
-def validate_email(email_address: str, *args, **kwargs):
+def validate_email(
+        email_address: str, *args, **kwargs):
     """
     Return `True` or `False` depending if the email address exists
     or/and can be delivered.
@@ -51,5 +52,6 @@ def validate_email(email_address: str, *args, **kwargs):
         return validate_email_or_fail(email_address, *args, **kwargs)
     except EmailValidationError as error:
         message = f'Validation for {email_address!r} failed: {error}'
-        LOGGER.warning(msg=message)
+        if kwargs.get('debug'):
+            LOGGER.warning(msg=message)
         return False