diff --git a/yasnippet.el b/yasnippet.el
index bc537d8..736cfa0 100644
--- a/yasnippet.el
+++ b/yasnippet.el
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ Below TOP-LEVEL-DIR each directory is a mode name."
   "Recursively load snippet templates from DIRECTORY."
   (unless (file-exists-p (concat directory "/" ".yas-skip"))
     (if (and (not no-compiled-snippets)
-             (load (expand-file-name ".yas-compiled-snippets" directory) 'noerror))
+             (load (expand-file-name ".yas-compiled-snippets" directory) 'noerror (<= yas/verbosity 2)))
         (yas/message 2 "Loading much faster .yas-compiled-snippets from %s" directory)
       (yas/load-directory-2 directory mode-sym parents))))