diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/AbstractConfig.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/AbstractConfig.java
index e3fda4d9f5406..e55fe9efd12e7 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/AbstractConfig.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/config/AbstractConfig.java
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 
 import org.apache.kafka.common.Configurable;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.config.provider.ConfigProvider;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.config.types.Password;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Utils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.apache.kafka.common.config.provider.ConfigProvider;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -377,12 +377,12 @@ private void logAll() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Log warnings for any unused configurations
+     * Info level log for any unused configurations
      */
     public void logUnused() {
         Set<String> unusedkeys = unused();
         if (!unusedkeys.isEmpty()) {
-            log.warn("These configurations '{}' were supplied but are not used yet.", unusedkeys);
+            log.info("These configurations '{}' were supplied but are not used yet.", unusedkeys);
         }
     }