diff --git a/src/dotenv/main.py b/src/dotenv/main.py
index 383b79f4..cca82297 100644
--- a/src/dotenv/main.py
+++ b/src/dotenv/main.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def _get_stream(self) -> Iterator[IO[str]]:
             yield self.stream
         else:
             if self.verbose:
-                logger.info(
+                logger.warning(
                     "Python-dotenv could not find configuration file %s.",
                     self.dotenv_path or '.env',
                 )