diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clangd/index/Background.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 bool shardIsStale(const LoadedShard &LS, llvm::vfs::FileSystem *FS) {
   auto Buf = FS->getBufferForFile(LS.AbsolutePath);
   if (!Buf) {
-    elog("Background-index: Couldn't read {0} to validate stored index: {1}",
+    vlog("Background-index: Couldn't read {0} to validate stored index: {1}",
          LS.AbsolutePath, Buf.getError().message());
     // There is no point in indexing an unreadable file.
     return false;