diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/tweek_msg.yml b/changelogs/fragments/tweek_msg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1fa85641c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/tweek_msg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+    - tweak inv plugin skip msg to be more precise, also require higher verbosity to view
diff --git a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
index a920a5468a..1f43cea447 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/inventory/manager.py
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class InventoryManager(object):
                         display.debug('%s failed to parse %s' % (plugin_name, source))
                         failures.append({'src': source, 'plugin': plugin_name, 'exc': AnsibleError(e)})
                 else:
-                    display.v('%s did not meet %s requirements, check plugin documentation if this is unexpected' % (source, plugin_name))
+                    display.vvv("%s declined parsing %s as it did not pass it's verify_file() method" % (plugin_name, source))
             else:
                 if not parsed and failures:
                     # only if no plugin processed files should we show errors.