diff --git a/dandi/organize.py b/dandi/organize.py
index c54f7e04c..e686f60ab 100644
--- a/dandi/organize.py
+++ b/dandi/organize.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from collections.abc import Sequence
 from copy import deepcopy
 from enum import Enum
-import logging
 import os
 import os.path as op
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
@@ -312,24 +311,22 @@ def _assign_obj_id(metadata, non_unique):
     non_unique_paths = sorted(non_unique)
 
     # provide more information to the user
-    def get_msg(path, indent="  "):
+    def get_msg(path):
         in_paths = non_unique[path]
-        return (
-            f"{len(in_paths)} paths 'compete' for the path {path!r}:"
-            + f"\n{indent}".join([""] + in_paths)
+        return f"{len(in_paths)} paths 'compete' for the path {path!r}:" + "\n  ".join(
+            [""] + in_paths
         )
 
     msg += "\n " + get_msg(non_unique_paths[0])
     if len(non_unique) > 1:
-        if not lgr.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
-            msg += (
-                " Rerun with logging at DEBUG level '-l debug' "
-                "to see {len(non_unique) - 1} more cases."
-            )
-        else:
-            for ex_path in non_unique_paths[1:]:
-                msg += "\n " + get_msg(ex_path)
-    lgr.info("%s\n We will try adding _obj- based on crc32 of object_id", msg)
+        msg += f"\n {len(non_unique) - 1} more case(s) are listed at DEBUG level."
+    lgr.info("%s", msg)
+    if len(non_unique) > 1:
+        msg = "Additional non-unique paths:"
+        for ex_path in non_unique_paths[1:]:
+            msg += "\n " + get_msg(ex_path)
+        lgr.debug("%s", msg)
+    lgr.info("We will try adding _obj- based on crc32 of object_id")
     seen_obj_ids = {}  # obj_id: object_id
     seen_object_ids = {}  # object_id: path
     recent_nwb_msg = "NWB>=2.1.0 standard (supported by pynwb>=1.1.0)."