diff --git a/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic b/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
index c3c765115..bbceaaae3 100644
--- a/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
+++ b/sample/cron-alpine/borgmatic
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # You can drop this file into /etc/cron.d/ to run borgmatic nightly.
 
-0 3 * * * PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic
+0 3 * * * PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1
diff --git a/sample/cron/borgmatic b/sample/cron/borgmatic
index 609b46a23..cdee46319 100644
--- a/sample/cron/borgmatic
+++ b/sample/cron/borgmatic
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # You can drop this file into /etc/cron.d/ to run borgmatic nightly.
 
-0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic
+0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1