diff --git a/sample/cron/borgmatic b/sample/cron/borgmatic
index 23e4fd862..35f9bfe65 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=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1
+0 3 * * * root PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --verbosity -1 --syslog-verbosity 1
diff --git a/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service b/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service
index c118d735e..4fc88957d 100644
--- a/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service
+++ b/sample/systemd/borgmatic.service
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ LogRateLimitIntervalSec=0
 # Delay start to prevent backups running during boot. Note that systemd-inhibit requires dbus and
 # dbus-user-session to be installed.
 ExecStartPre=sleep 1m
-ExecStart=systemd-inhibit --who="borgmatic" --why="Prevent interrupting scheduled backup" /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --syslog-verbosity 1
+ExecStart=systemd-inhibit --who="borgmatic" --why="Prevent interrupting scheduled backup" /root/.local/bin/borgmatic --verbosity -1 --syslog-verbosity 1