diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dist.py b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
index f4aecb419ed..7c29bf6ca7d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ Common commands: (see '--help-commands' for more)
 
     # -- Methods that operate on the Distribution ----------------------
 
-    def announce(self, msg, level=1):
-        log.debug(msg)
+    def announce(self, msg, level=log.INFO):
+        log.log(level, msg)
 
     def run_commands(self):
         """Run each command that was seen on the setup script command line.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 232eb4c1397..971b25e55e0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6413: Fixed the log level in distutils.dist for announce.
+
 - Issue #3392: The subprocess communicate() method no longer fails in select()
   when file descriptors are large; communicate() now uses poll() when possible.