diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/401.yml b/changelogs/fragments/401.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad6c5542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/401.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - exporter - fix the pgbackrest-info.sh to force the necessary console output level that it expects
diff --git a/postgres_exporter/linux/pgbackrest-info.sh b/postgres_exporter/linux/pgbackrest-info.sh
index 89ef0f2e..2538d718 100755
--- a/postgres_exporter/linux/pgbackrest-info.sh
+++ b/postgres_exporter/linux/pgbackrest-info.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ elif [ ! -z "$BACKREST_CONFIGS" ] && [ -z "$BACKREST_STANZAS" ]; then
     read -r -a config_array <<< "$BACKREST_CONFIGS"
     for conf in "${config_array[@]}"
     do
-      echo $(echo -n "$conf|" | tr '/' '_'; pgbackrest --config=$conf --output=json info | tr -d '\n') | grep $SYSTEM_ID
+      echo $(echo -n "$conf|" | tr '/' '_'; pgbackrest --config=$conf --output=json --log-level-console=info --log-level-stderr=warn info | tr -d '\n') | grep $SYSTEM_ID
       if [ $? == 0 ]; then
         break
       fi
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ elif [ -z "$BACKREST_CONFIGS" ] && [ ! -z "$BACKREST_STANZAS" ]; then
     for stanza in "${stanza_array[@]}"
     do
       export PGBACKREST_STANZA=$stanza
-      echo $(echo -n "$conf|" | tr '/' '_'; pgbackrest --output=json info | tr -d '\n') | grep $SYSTEM_ID
+      echo $(echo -n "$conf|" | tr '/' '_'; pgbackrest --output=json --log-level-console=info --log-level-stderr=warn info | tr -d '\n') | grep $SYSTEM_ID
       if [ $? == 0 ]; then
         break
       fi