diff --git a/notify/notify.go b/notify/notify.go
index dd4c13de..dd776819 100644
--- a/notify/notify.go
+++ b/notify/notify.go
@@ -806,8 +806,8 @@ func (mts TimeMuteStage) Exec(ctx context.Context, l log.Logger, alerts ...*type
 	}
 	// If the current time is inside a mute time, all alerts are removed from the pipeline
 	if muted {
-		lvl := level.Warn(l)
-		lvl.Log("Mail not sent due to being outside time interval")
+		lvl := level.Debug(l)
+		lvl.Log("msg", "Notifications not sent, route is within mute time")
 		return ctx, nil, nil
 	}
 	return ctx, alerts, nil