diff --git a/src/x11/meta-x11-group.c b/src/x11/meta-x11-group.c
index f629dfefb..558e35fb6 100644
--- a/src/x11/meta-x11-group.c
+++ b/src/x11/meta-x11-group.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ meta_group_new (MetaX11Display *x11_display,
 
   meta_group_reload_properties (group, initial_props, N_INITIAL_PROPS);
 
-  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_GROUPS,
+  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_X11,
               "Created new group with leader 0x%lx",
               group->group_leader);
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ meta_group_unref (MetaGroup *group)
   group->refcount -= 1;
   if (group->refcount == 0)
     {
-      meta_topic (META_DEBUG_GROUPS,
+      meta_topic (META_DEBUG_X11,
                   "Destroying group with leader 0x%lx",
                   group->group_leader);
 
diff --git a/src/x11/window-x11.c b/src/x11/window-x11.c
index a7eb7dbdf..cdd257444 100644
--- a/src/x11/window-x11.c
+++ b/src/x11/window-x11.c
@@ -4923,7 +4923,7 @@ meta_window_x11_compute_group (MetaWindow *window)
 
   priv->group->windows = g_slist_prepend (priv->group->windows, window);
 
-  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_GROUPS,
+  meta_topic (META_DEBUG_X11,
               "Adding %s to group with leader 0x%lx",
               window->desc, group->group_leader);
 }
@@ -4936,7 +4936,7 @@ remove_window_from_group (MetaWindow *window)
 
   if (priv->group != NULL)
     {
-      meta_topic (META_DEBUG_GROUPS,
+      meta_topic (META_DEBUG_X11,
                   "Removing %s from group with leader 0x%lx",
                   window->desc, priv->group->group_leader);