diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cf0ddafc1..b992c509c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-06-24  Elijah Newren  <newren@math.utah.edu>
+
+	* src/session.c: Change meta_warning to meta_topic on failure to
+	connect to a session manager.  Fixes #136218.
+
 2004-06-17  Elijah Newren  <newren@math.utah.edu>
 
 	Add support for _NET_WM_USER_TIME
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 93fffb17d..afb0a674e 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -271,7 +271,9 @@ meta_session_init (const char *previous_client_id,
   
   if (session_connection == NULL)
     {
-      meta_warning (_("Failed to a open connection to a session manager, so window positions will not be saved: %s\n"), buf);
+      meta_topic (META_DEBUG_SM, 
+                  "Failed to a open connection to a session manager, so window positions will not be saved: %s\n",
+                  buf);
 
       goto out;
     }